That was the question that we were asking ourselves when we got there. We arrived super early thanks to a night train (comfort cost extra just fyi so we toughed it out) and then spent the next couple of hours very lost thanks to a misprint on the address on our directions.
No worries though, 4 hours, 3 metro rides, 2 taxis, and a payphone call later we made it. We stayed at this very cool B&B on the fourth floor of one of the thousands of high-rise apartments. (A fire would kill everybody!) We stayed with this nice lady named Gracia who told where to go in Lisbon during the next couple of days. She also made us breakfast which was a major plus and the shower was AMAZING!!
Bryan and I agree that Lisbon is very... HOT so if you visit come prepared. The first day (after being lost all morning with heavy backpacks) we decided ¨What the Heck?!¨and got another mode of transportation. We rented a car and drove around the city and up to a castle. Luckily, the Portugese drive on the same side of the road that we do but they are CRAZY drivers (like our mother, haha). Since it was Sunday though it was not too bad.
We talked to the car guy for awhile because he was close to our age and spoke 6 languages. He told us that the Portugese do not like it when you speak spanish in Portugal because the Spanish expect them to speak spanish in Spain so when in Portugal people should speak Portugese. Sounds like some bad blood to us so we just stuck with english.
We saw some of the sights in the city with included HUGE churches, monuments, statues, shopping and of course public transportation. They even have the San Fran Bridge although they claim that theirs was built first (we will have to wikipedia that one because we also noticed that they have the HUGE Brazil Jesus monument).
All and all a cool (very hot) city. Mom - You would not do well, sorry.
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