Roma Lisbon

Our visit to Lisbon was too short!!! We arrived to a water cannon salute as the Ruby Princess was making her maiden visit to Lisbon around noon. It was a chamber of commerce day. Musicians were playing on the dock... The sky was very blue which made all the buildings here look very white and pastel colored....just gorgeous. We sailed under their new bridge which is a few meters longer than the San ...

... informeren hoe het met alle huisgenoten staat,. beetje portugees leren en dan opeens staan de jongens zich op te tutten in de badkamer,.. en ik begin te denken,... oooo PICK ME,... PICK ME,... maar nee,.. ze vroegen opeens niet meer wat mijn plannen waren,.. zelf waren de mannen enthousiast over hun feestje en ik voelde me kleiner worden,... geen maria mee?? hun enthousiasme snoerden mijn boosheid de mond,... snoerden me de mond volledig,... ( jaaa maria was efkes haren tel ...

... atoombommen van antonio die leidden tot gênante stiltes,...beetje FREAKY vent,... nee hier blijven we niet,...


dus weg,... en dan onderweg,... onmiddelijk een lift,... van porto naar lissabon,... we werden zelfs afgezet voor de deur,... samengepropt in een auto met een burgie en twee leerkrachten,... frans/ portugees,... even dutten,... frans/ portugees en dan thuis,...


om onszelf te belonen gingen we in een plaatselijk restaurant ...

ola amigos!

we arrived in lisbon on wednesday and only stayed for one night. we definately felt like we were overseas as the culture is amazing. when we were flying in portugal was exactly what it looked like in all the photos... all the buildings were white/cream... there must be some sort of building rule that they have to apply too.

we were trying to catch a bus but the bus driver didn´t speak english so we ended up getting a taxi to the room... it was our first ...

... When I got to the top of the wall, I understood why the noise from the flag was so loud.  The wind was blowing at roughly 30 mph; hard enough to make me hold onto the side of the wall when I was walking.  The outer wall of the castle is massive and stretches for, in my estimate, almost a mile!  Additionally, the castle is perched so high on the hill that you can see the Atlantic Ocean and the 25 of April Bridge, both of which are 30 km away!  I spent almost 2 hours on ...

... area. Money well spent if you ask me. As if my day wasnt full enough, I wasnt going to listen to all the others talk about their fantastic day at the beach without myself going. I asked our buddy at the front desk a good beach, and he directed me to the train station, to the end of the line, Casias. He told me it was a really good "Urban" beach, but when the train ride was over 40 minutes, I realized that this was more of a ...

... destination. When we made it to the hostel, we didn't even bother ringing the doorbell because it was way too early in the morning. We remembered where we were and started exploring the city. Lisbon is the capital of Portugal, and it is right on the water. It is a very hilly area, and it is a lot colder than Spain because it is not as protected. Most of the sidewalks are mosaics which is really cool because they have designs ...

... all these drunks filling up the street? Well i had a drink bought for me, "pontapé no conya" (which in English is 'kick in the ****' apprently!) It was some spirit mixed with ginger ale i think. It tasted very sweet and a little thick. I think i'll stick to the beers :-) Me and Brendan (the drunk pommy) got on pretty well. At the next pub Brendan, Jop and I all ended up having 3 of these shots (filled 2/3 way full with Vodka, then Absinthe poored onto a slice of lemon with ...