Getting Lost in Lisbon

Now that Ole' and I are together, we can start our sightseeing and exploring around Lisbon. But first things first, I had something very important to see to, the Geelong and Collingwood match was live on the radio at 10:30am Lisbon time, so i woke up and was fixed to the radio for a few hours before our day could begin. Which, i will add, was won by Geelong by 96 points. Great start to the day. We jumped on a bus which went past the hostel and into Lisbon city centre and to the International Railway station, we booked our ticket on the overnight train to Madrid on Monday evening, arriving early on Tuesday morning.

The picture in this blog is one taken from the top of one of the hills in Lisbon, as you can see, the houses are usually 3-4 storeys tall and were built almost as if they are fighting for a view of the water. It is beautiful, as everywhere you look, it is a very similar scene. I think what makes it particularly spectacular is the bright colours every building is painted, whether its light green, sky blue or yellow. We wandered from there across to the centre of town and around some of the main attractions. I showed Ole the Eiffel Elevator, we visited a monster of a cathedral atop one of the hills to the west of the city. We then wandered up and down the sloped streets, through the main thoroughfares in the middle of town which are homes to hundreds of cafes, restaurants and souvenir shops, until we found something that we liked...... A Portuguese Irish Pub. We had a cheeky pint, i had a Guinness, which was pretty tasty, then we were off again, back to the hostel for some food. Tonight was the first time since i left the United Kingdom that i have had to cook for myself, so Ole and I put our heads together and we made a monster serve of Spaghetti Bologese, and since then, we have been lounging around the common room watching television. We are waiting for one of our Hostel workers to knock off work, and he is going to take us, and a couple others into Barrio Alto for a night on the town, should be a great laugh, looking forward to a big night out in Portugal. Judging by the rate in which i am meeting people in and around the hostel, tonight wont be my last night out on the town in Lisbon. All the best.