Had to get up at 5am after catching 3 hours sleep due to this crappy cold. It took until 1.30pm to make it to our Lisbon accommodation but overall the travel was fine. We stayed in a small AirBnb apartment on Rua de Lazaro for approx $85 AUD per night.
Apparently I was still feeling pretty rubbish, but it was shorts & thongs weather so we headed to the Barrio Alto district for dinner. Apparently this was 'the' place to go out at night but we found it all a little touristy. Was still feeling sick so went home after dinner.
16th: Went to Cascause for a day trip! a 40-minut, $4.30 Euro return train ride from Cais do Sodre. Started off with some Piri-Piri Chicken, that was awesome! Visited a vape shop & went sight seeing to the Santa Maria Lighthouse & Boca de Inferno (Hells Mouth). Everything is within walking distance and by the time we got back to the town centre we spent some time writing & reading & looking for some little mementos for the trip. Encountered some loud Irish women disturbing the peace before getting some Santini Gelato & catching the train back to Lisbon before it got too cold!
Returned to Lisbon & the apartment to smash some 50c beers we'd purchased earlier from the Pingo Doce *supermarket). Then travelled down to Martim Moniz square for a kebab and another beer or two. This square was great on a Friday & Saturday with lots of food options & cheap drinks.
17th: A day to do some touristy things in Lisbon. STarted off walking to the main square & Arc de Triumph before stocking a map from tourist information. Visited the covered markets which ahd HEAPS of 5-star food options with plenty of places to sit. We went with a Prego each, portuguese steak sandwich, and had to stand at the table to eat because the place was so popular. Laura spotted a nice rug in a strange store inside the market & we couldn't say no! Took it back to the apartment & swigged on a strong Portuguese Coffee & Pastel de Nata (bruned caramel tarts) for some ridiculously cheap price at a local cafe.
Next is was off to the castle at the top of the hill, we were feeling lazy & thought we'd take the famous No.28 tram up. That was until we saw how long the line was to get on! must can been 4 trams worth of people. Decided we weren't that lazy after all and walked up. Got to the top after a little bit of grumbling about the climb to find the castle closed due to the wet & windy weather conditions. Continued down the coastal side of the hill to look at the very solid cathedral.
In the main square Laura was busting for a toilet & found one that cost a euro to use. It had some advertising out the front slating it was the sexiest toilet in the world? Laura came out very confused. Apparently there were different coloured rolls of toilet paper available for use as well as benches inside the cubicles. We can only assume the toilets were actually for having sex in, although we weren't in the kind of mood.
After a few Estrella in a small little bar close by we returned to Martim Moniz & smashed some dirty burgers, then went home to polish off the wine we'd purchased earlier! I managed to torrent The Martian movie on my phone & get it playing on the TV streaming over wifi so we had a movie night with a bottle of wine!
18th:Today we completed all the transport & accom bookings for the rest of the trip! From now on we just have to follow the calendar and enjoy the ride! Had a little time to kill before watching the Aus vs. Scotland rugby match so went for a walk to a park north of us and got a great view of the city. Also slammed a massive kebab but we weren't overly proud of ourselves for that.
Caught train to the British Pub aptly named 'British Pub' and watched Australia undeservedly win against Scotland in the final minutes with a penalty kick. Laura found us a great tapas house with good house wine before we called it a night.
19th: I woke up feeling like a giant bag of snot. The best cure is usually a hot shower to clean you out so off I went. Got some gunk out as the shower was slowly filling with water due to a clogged drain. Gunk was just floating around my feet.... Coughed up more gunk, started to dry-retch, too much, eneded up spewing up last nights dinner. Now standing in pubble of snot and spew, had to get out and let it drain. Definitely one of the worst showers I've had...
Ended up staying the the apartment all day I was so ill. Spent most of the time sitting on the toilet and wiping my bumhole until it was raw. Pretty sure the chicken kebab I had was to blame as it was the only thing Laura didn't eat.
Managed to leave the apartment for an hour to walk to a partk where these strange Turducken animals roamed about. Only spent $2.41 between us today on a supermarket pizza for dinner.
With my newly acquired phone-torrenting skills we were able to watch Inside-Out and Southpaw.
Apparently I was still feeling pretty rubbish, but it was shorts & thongs weather so we headed to the Barrio Alto district for dinner. Apparently this was 'the' place to go out at night but we found it all a little touristy. Was still feeling sick so went home after dinner.
16th: Went to Cascause for a day trip! a 40-minut, $4.30 Euro return train ride from Cais do Sodre. Started off with some Piri-Piri Chicken, that was awesome! Visited a vape shop & went sight seeing to the Santa Maria Lighthouse & Boca de Inferno (Hells Mouth). Everything is within walking distance and by the time we got back to the town centre we spent some time writing & reading & looking for some little mementos for the trip. Encountered some loud Irish women disturbing the peace before getting some Santini Gelato & catching the train back to Lisbon before it got too cold!
Returned to Lisbon & the apartment to smash some 50c beers we'd purchased earlier from the Pingo Doce *supermarket). Then travelled down to Martim Moniz square for a kebab and another beer or two. This square was great on a Friday & Saturday with lots of food options & cheap drinks.
17th: A day to do some touristy things in Lisbon. STarted off walking to the main square & Arc de Triumph before stocking a map from tourist information. Visited the covered markets which ahd HEAPS of 5-star food options with plenty of places to sit. We went with a Prego each, portuguese steak sandwich, and had to stand at the table to eat because the place was so popular. Laura spotted a nice rug in a strange store inside the market & we couldn't say no! Took it back to the apartment & swigged on a strong Portuguese Coffee & Pastel de Nata (bruned caramel tarts) for some ridiculously cheap price at a local cafe.
Next is was off to the castle at the top of the hill, we were feeling lazy & thought we'd take the famous No.28 tram up. That was until we saw how long the line was to get on! must can been 4 trams worth of people. Decided we weren't that lazy after all and walked up. Got to the top after a little bit of grumbling about the climb to find the castle closed due to the wet & windy weather conditions. Continued down the coastal side of the hill to look at the very solid cathedral.
In the main square Laura was busting for a toilet & found one that cost a euro to use. It had some advertising out the front slating it was the sexiest toilet in the world? Laura came out very confused. Apparently there were different coloured rolls of toilet paper available for use as well as benches inside the cubicles. We can only assume the toilets were actually for having sex in, although we weren't in the kind of mood.
After a few Estrella in a small little bar close by we returned to Martim Moniz & smashed some dirty burgers, then went home to polish off the wine we'd purchased earlier! I managed to torrent The Martian movie on my phone & get it playing on the TV streaming over wifi so we had a movie night with a bottle of wine!
18th:Today we completed all the transport & accom bookings for the rest of the trip! From now on we just have to follow the calendar and enjoy the ride! Had a little time to kill before watching the Aus vs. Scotland rugby match so went for a walk to a park north of us and got a great view of the city. Also slammed a massive kebab but we weren't overly proud of ourselves for that.
Caught train to the British Pub aptly named 'British Pub' and watched Australia undeservedly win against Scotland in the final minutes with a penalty kick. Laura found us a great tapas house with good house wine before we called it a night.
19th: I woke up feeling like a giant bag of snot. The best cure is usually a hot shower to clean you out so off I went. Got some gunk out as the shower was slowly filling with water due to a clogged drain. Gunk was just floating around my feet.... Coughed up more gunk, started to dry-retch, too much, eneded up spewing up last nights dinner. Now standing in pubble of snot and spew, had to get out and let it drain. Definitely one of the worst showers I've had...
Ended up staying the the apartment all day I was so ill. Spent most of the time sitting on the toilet and wiping my bumhole until it was raw. Pretty sure the chicken kebab I had was to blame as it was the only thing Laura didn't eat.
Managed to leave the apartment for an hour to walk to a partk where these strange Turducken animals roamed about. Only spent $2.41 between us today on a supermarket pizza for dinner.
With my newly acquired phone-torrenting skills we were able to watch Inside-Out and Southpaw.
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