Dual Travelers : Lisbon Portugal

We had to turn back our clocks last night. Portugal is only 5 hours ahead of us on the east coast.

Sunrise from Portugal

I forgot to show you our towel animal in Gibraltar!

Arriving into Lisbon traveling through the Tagus River under the Ponte 25 de Abril or Tagus River Bridge - the monument is Christ the King Sanctuary

Fun Fact about Lisbon it is the oldest city in Europe, even predating capitals such as Rome, Paris and London.

We docked about 10:30 am so that gave us time for a leisurely breakfast before getting off the ship. We didn’t have an planned tours so we were letting David and Mark lead us. We can along a long line of Tuk Tuk’s. (An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw. Most have three wheels and do not tilt. Wikipedia)

Jean Paul retired History Teacher

Raphael

This home was the only thing to survive the 1755 earthquake due to subsequent fires and a tsunami. ⬇️

The buildings have a lot of tile work that came from the Moors from Northern Africa. Some recent research suggests they came from Spain because King Manuel had seen them in Grenada and wanted to decorate his palace the same way.

The tiles are known in Portugal as azulejo (which means polished stone in Arabic).

They have a trolley cars and I even saw a Metro sign too today.

We made it to the top of the city and all very thankful we didn’t end up trying to walk up to the top.

We said goodbye to our drivers at the bottom of the city and Jean Paul said no more than 5 - 10 minute walk. 🤔 He isn’t good with distance and time. 🤣 We went to a couple of shops then headed to ship for lunch.