Our trip to Lisbon is to seek out the neighborhoods more than it is touring the top 10 sites. The large plaza which anchors the city has spectacular architecture and landmarks and we remember enjoying lunch & watching newbies on segways & scooters and the hawkers pitching their wares….tho the ocean views are spectacular.
When we visited the cloisters, the serenity of the plaza and the events in history that have been experienced during this amazing building’s tenure is remarkable. Prayers &meditation assigned for the deity & royal family 😏 okay then.
And we completely ‘get’ the location of the castle …. killer views 😊
Happening past the oldest continuing bookstore in the world ….think who has walked through those doors….and we get it, it is still a great book store.
We did enjoy a fun & informative walking tour – the native Lisbon guide gave us an excellent idea of the history of the area and he did not sugar coat the country’s successes and troubles. And the city’s resilience from their catastrophic earthquake in the late 1700s-all with no FEMA-remarkable.
We loved exploring the neighborhoods, wonderful food, good live music, tight cobblestone streets, laundry hanging from homes on the 3rd, 4th, & 5th floors, vendors setting up their markets in the morn.
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