Lisboa
May 20th, 2007 -- Posted in >8] | 1 Comment »Hello all!
Today is Sunday and also the last day of our trip. It’s sad to see it all come to an end but I’m also very much looking forward to being home. I look forward to the comfort of my own bed, eating some homemade food, seeing my dear friends and actually going back to work! It will be nice not to deal with the tough parts of traveling like the language barrier (which wasn’t too bad this trip), finding our hostels from the train stations/airports, being on the lookout for pickpockets, wandering aimlessly and being lost. Traveling, all-around, is a life-changing and great experience.
Yesterday, we found out that Lisboa is a bit chillier compared to the southern cost of Spain. But today, our last day, we had a bit of rain. It’s sprinkling a bit at the moment and we’re hoping things can clear up so we can see the rest of Lisboa. The city is not that big and, frankly, there’s not that much to see. In our 2 days here, I think we’ll have had our fill.
A bit about Portugal: it reminds me of Spain, except maybe 20 years in the past and a bit dirtier. If I compared Madrid to Lisboa, I would note that Lisboa has a lot more graffiti. The buildings look older (in a less renovated way, not the charming European way). Also, the churches and forts tend to be a bit older than the ones in Spain (my guess is that it correlates to when each country had their empire and how the architecture corresponds to that time period).
Anyway, I will be flying home tomorrow. See you alll soon!
Peter