Saturday night we arrived in Lisbon and toured Lisbon all day Sunday. We wish we had more time in Lisbon and it rained the majority of the time but we loved what we saw while we were there! Our apartment was very spacey with a great location!
Saturday night we went to a restaurant right near our apartment and got Vinho Verde (which means green wine but it was white)... it was awesome!
Patti and I shared seafood rice- it was full of lots of seasfood (clams, huge green mussels, prawns)
Aunt Jeanne got another specialty: grilled cod with potatoes and onions
Sunday morning we ventured out in the rain and headed to find a tram!
Love all the tiled houses (tiles are made in Portugal and found all over)
We headed to Belem to see the sights there- first top the Monastery! Waited in the rain forever!
Monastery of Saint Jeronimo
Mosaics in the museum from when the Romans were there... just like in Tunisia
The cloisters inside... just breathtaking (even in the rain)
Don't these look like pretzels? Or maybe it is just me...
Looking down from the second level
The gardens across from the monestary... because of the rain we didn't explore them much but they were beautiful
The monument of explorers
A close-up of the explorers the monument was honoring
The bridge from the monument over the river
In front of the monument was a map that showed where all the explorers went
Next stop... lunch to warm up and dry off!
The sangria was awesome and I got seafood lasagna
Patti with sangria and risotto!
Aunt Jeantn with her pasta
Another view of the bridge... see the statue of Jesus at the end
We walked along the rive to get to our next stop... loved these colorful buildings!
Torre de Belem (Tower of Belem)
The canons shot to protect from those coming in
The Prison
Storage of bombs and such
We climbed to the top of Belem!
Views from the top
The tower we climbed... so proud!
Love all the cute houses
Home of the famous Belem pastry!
We stood in a long (but fast moving) line but it was nuts!!
We got our pastry and totally worth it!
Belem
Then we got back on a tram and headed back to our neighborhood and we stumbled upon a Portugal street fair where it honored all the different regions in Portugal.
Here they are performing traditional dances
We met this nice lady who introduced us to food and wine of her region! Delicious!
Me and the kind woman
Jeanne and Patti with this cake thing we got
All the different stalls
To finish our day we hopped on a tram and took it around part of Lisbon to see the sights!
Great first day in Lisbon!
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