Lisbon, Portugal

The hairstylist had to cancel my previous appointment due to illness, so I had it rescheduled for today at 8:00.

After my hair appointment, I went back to the room and tried to pay our roofing contractor one more time.

We went to lunch at 11:30 AM. Jenni joined us at lunch. I tried to talk her into seeing if she could join our tour as she didn't have a tour for the day. She said that she would think about it.

I ran downstairs and picked up our passport for the final time.

We then got our coats on and headed out for the tour.

We asked the excursion person if there was room for Jenni. She indicated that they had confirmed Jenni on the tour and we were assigned to the same bus.

Once on the bus, I called Bank of America's fraud department because they blocked my online payment to our roofing contractor. I am hoping that this payment will finally go through.
We could immediately tell that we had a good guide today. He gave us a lot on information and had a great sense of humor.

We drove to the Queluz Royal Palace while the guide gave us information on the history of Portugal.

The Queluz Royal Palace was impressive. We toured several wings of the palace and the garden.

We then drove to the quaint, hilly town of Sintra. Our guide was from Sintra so he was a wealth of information regarding the town. There is a National Palace located in Sintra but entrance to this palace was not part of the tour. We toured the "garden" of the National Palace which was really a pour excuse a garden.

Bob, Jenni and I walked through the town. We toured an actual artist school where students were working on tiles and other ceramic art.

We met the group just outside the National Palace, walked to the bus, and then had a drive along the coastline.

The traffic was bad so we didn't get back to the ship until around 7:00 PM. We quickly changed and had dinner in the restaurant with Jenni because lobster thermidor was on the menu.

We really enjoyed our first day in Portugal. It was nice to have a great guide.
Drove to Sinatra
Toured garden which was a poor excuse for a garden
Walked through town
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