Sarah and i woke up fairly hung over, but I'll be damned if I miss that awesome free breakfast. We slept again after we ate. Whoopsidaisy. But then we went for a stroll and are now hanging out in a park. The weather is still weird, but it's nice for now. We got some more Pastels de Belem and the best strawberries that have ever existed.
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| Not a bad looking park |
After some relaxing in the park, we bought some salmon, veggies, and rice from the supermarket to try to save some euros for dinner. FINALLY, we had sufficient amounts of food. And that salmon and stir fry was damn good. We met up with some Brazilian guys after dinner whom we had met the previous night on the hostel bar crawl, Bruno and Jao (I'm actually not entirely sure to spell his name). We went to a really small bar that was recommended to us. It seemed like we were drinking in someone's house, but there was a great Fado player there. Fado is the Portuguese style of slow, jazzy guitar playing. With the Fado, we had some insightful cultural talks (gettin cultured in Europe, yo), beer and wine, so it turned out to be a good night, albeit quieter than the night before.
Friday
This morning, Sarah and I woke up significantly earlier than yesterday. After a delicious breakfast we hopped a quick tram-ride to nearby Belem. This is a really beautiful town right next to Lisbon on the river/ocean/whatever the fuck it is. There were a lot of impressive monuments to see, including the Padrao dos Descobrimentos (a huge monument dedicated to discoveries) and Torre de Belem (a small tower taht was once on an island, but is now up on the bank).
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| At this point in the trip, we are getting good at looking at stuff |
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| What are you doing, building? That's water, you don't belong there! |
We then visited a Portuguese maritime museum, where we became cultured in the ships and adventures of Portugal's history.
After this, we visited the famous Pasteis de Belem for their famous pastries. Granted, we've been devouring them every single day already, but they are better here. So good. I'm going to miss these the most I think.
After returning to Lisbon, Sarah and I went for a walk around Bairro Alto, which is more in the hills area. It was actually more of a beer crawl than a walk. We'd stop at each nice looking park or overlook and grab a beer. I really enjoy the countries where you can drink outside.
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| What an excellent beer-venture |
When I create a country, that's definitely going to be legal. We then came back to the hostel for last night's leftovers.
Whelp, our night was certainly eventful. Sarah and I went out with some guys from the hostel, turns out it was the hostel manager and his friends. We went to the Bairro Alto area, which is completely insane at night. Everyone is just drinking out in the streets and everything is insane. What a crazy atmosphere. Cheap drinks, guys walking around trying to sell sunglasses (at night? come on bro), and cars trying to drive down the tiny, crowded streets. We had a healthy mix of beverages and finally met up with Ed, who is also in Lisbon with some HBS friends.
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| The classiest Ed has looked in a long, loooooong time |
We traveled around to a bunch of bars, continuing to drink in the streets until everything closed at 3am. Some guy tried to get Sarah to touch his "banana," because oddly enough he had a banana with him. Really strange. Finishing with a nightcap at Ed's bachelor digs (he and his buddies rented an apartment, which is normal for HBS), we watched some youtube videos before passing out on his couch.
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