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Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

Lisbon walking tour

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Jun 22 2010, 06:32 PM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Lisbon, Portugal

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At the Yes! Hostel we were also greeted by extreme friendly Portuguese. Here we watched the second half of the Bafana Bafana game and we won! I also got a complementary beer from the Yes! staff… AWESOME! Then we set out to explore Lisbon by foot. Again we followed a tram line (line 28) towards the Castle in the centre of Lisbon (Castel De Sao Jorge). On the way we found and visited Se Cathedral which is also in the Alfama region of Lisbon. The castle is beautiful and provided us with beautiful views of the city. However, we had to climb a few hundred steps. Unfortunately we could not visit the Tower of Ulysses because tours to the tower are only until 17:00 every day. From there we walked to the Graca region and then took Tram 28 back to the hostel. From the hostel we set out towards Rossi square to find a supermarket and dinner. On our way we stumbled upon Santa Justa’s Elevator (designed by Gustuv Eiffel’s apprentice)! At the supermarket we bought bread, cheese, shaved ham and 2l Portuguese Cola for 5 Euro and then went up the elevator for free using our Aerobus tickets. On the way back to the hostel shaky mob/gangster dudes tried to sell me hashish… 11 times! I would just like to say something to all the Portuguese gangsters… NO THANK YOU!

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