Exploring Lisbon

We begin our day with getting hit on the head with the shower head and surviving.  Saturday was the first real touring day. The awesome bus takes us to our stops.  Our planned stops  are:

  • Tower of Belem. –  The towers was originally built to protect Lisbon from pirates.   (Note: Pirates have been replaced by pick-pockets)
  • Monument of Discoveries – Commemorating Portugal’s seafaring and literary history
  • Jeronimos Monastery
  • National Palace at Queluz – Former summer home of Portuguese royalty

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We went to dinner at a restaurant  that had Fado performers.    Part of Portuguese culture, Fado is a usually melancholy series of songs about unrequited love, longing, and unfulfilled dreams.

What did we lean today? 

  • Order a ham sandwich with fries and gets a steak sandwich with chips – Check server’s English skills
  • The Second in line to the throne gets a pretty fine house but has to give the big rooms to his Mom and Dad (Queen and King)
  • A whisper is a communication system that the tour guide speaks into and you hear on your headset.  You must be within touching distance of the guide for it to work .  If you are not within touching distance, one might get shocked by ear splitting static making one gasp and clutch their heads
  • They bring you things to eat you did not order and then charge you.  Following is an actual conversation that took place.
    • Charlotte: “Can I eat that bread?”
    • Waiter:  “You can if you want to.”
    • Charlotte:  “Are you going to charge me for it?”
    • Waiter:  “Well if you eat it”
    • Charlotte:  “Take it away”
    • Debbie:  Looks longingly at the bread as it leaves
  •  Bathrooms often charge an entry fee.  Larry has this problem a lot
  • Taxi drivers should not drive and listen to soccer games at the same time.  It causes them to almost run lights, miss turns and pound on the steering wheel.
  • Charlotte is a social whiz.  She knows everyone’s names.  Larry and Debbie know names as well. Two names, Charlie and Charlotte and use them quite often even if your name is Tom and Pat.
  • They put tiny fried eggs on your meat.  The entire egg is one inch in diameter. Debbie didn’t know chickens could lay eggs that small.  Tonight we were asked if we enjoyed the quail eggs?  Our reply was “Oh”. 
  • Fado performers all seem to wear black
  • Larry and Charlie are not overly fond of the Fado Genre.  This causes one to be the first to leave.

One thought on “Exploring Lisbon”

  1. OMG – Debbie, you are cracking me up! I can see Charlotte knowing everyone’s name… and probably all their food issues. Thank goodness they are there with you!

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