Lisboa- hills, castles and tarts

Lisboa- it’s a hilly city but we have managed with the metro, buses and ‘shanks pony to navigate our way pretty well. There is always something to attract your attention, graffiti, murals, cafes, trams, castles, red tiled houses stacked upon each other, narrow alley ways, churches and cats! The history of invasion and the 1775 earthquake seem to dominate the life of this city where ruins date back to the Iron Age. Today we the Castello Sao Jorge, walked the Alfama, visted sardine stores Yes the humble sardine created wealth for the country and was exported all over Europe. A highlight wa a visit to the home of 1998 Nobel Laureate Author Jose Saramago. A prodigious novelist and card carrying communist.Read more