Lisbon

We had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel, then walked a couple of blocks across the street to the arena where Andrew and Dani picked up their race packets, bib number and tshirt for the race tomorrow. Then we got on a public bus to where the finish line will be, and arranged a meeting place. The high tomorrow is going to be 90 again, so they moved the start time from 10:30am to 9 am to try to beat the heat. On the corner of the square where the finish line is, we visited the codfish museum. Interesting history of Portugese codfising off the coast of Newfoundland. Walked some more to see an elevator that takes people up a hill. The line to ride it was hours, so we didn't go up, but it was interesting. Found a huge fabric store, then stopped for a snack of pastries, including ham and cheese croissant, plain croissant, and little Custard pies, it was all so good. Walked some more and realized we didn't want to wear out the runners so took the bus back to the hotel- a 30 min ride. stopped on the way back to see the National Tile Museum, so many beautiful tiles. Definitely the inspiration for the game Azul. Some similar to quilts i have made. We rested for awhile, A&D went to the hotel pool. We walked down the street to a nice local restaurant for supper, then headed back so we could all get a good night's sleep for the big day.Read more