Lisbon

Sept 19th
Lisbon

So I forgot to put in the last post, I’ve been on the ship for 2 months now. I guess it’s going by fast, it’s weird though. Thinking about all the places I’ve been to in the past 2 months, or even in the past month alone, is just kind of mind boggling. I’m still glad I’m here and continue to have a good time playing music and making friends. But…about Lisbon…

Like Malaga, I was able to hook up a tour for the first time in Lisbon today. The tour was entitled “Sintra and Cascais”, and took the group to these two areas outside of Lisbon. The first stop was Cascais, a really nice city off of the Atlantic. I hung out for the hour I was there with a friend from the ship who was on another tour bus, and nothing really got accomplished. We just walked around looking for some sort of grocery store. I didn’t get as many pictures as I might have liked of this area, but it was nice. A lot of high end clothing stores which surprised me, and the area I was in was much more cosmopolitan than the parts of Lisbon I’d previously visited.
Following Cascais, we drove to Sintra. Sintra is much more inland, amongst the hills and forests of Portugal. The city was beautiful though, it’s claim to fame being that the royal family has a palace there (which I saw) where the family would spend holidays. Also, there’s a really cool castle at the top of the mountain that I grabbed some pictures of. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough time to see it, my hour time limit was very constraining. Instead, I met up with my friend again and got lunch, where I had some really good pork. This area is known for having the best port (wine), and one of the shops we went in was selling bottles from the 1800’s for 3,000 euros, about $4,500-$5,000 American. But another nice place I would have liked to grab more pictures at, but between lunch and hanging with my friend, I was distracted. Then I got back to the ship for a show that night, and that’s it. Thanks for reading!