Lisbon

Lisboa! Back after 9 years as the first place on my trip. When I arrived, I went to use the metro from the airport to get to my hostel. My credit cards weren’t working and I didn’t get cash out, but luckily I had €20 in my passport holder from Longwood Travels that I used to get me into town. This was my first ever time in a hostel so I didn’t know what to expect. I was able to make some friends and it was a good introduction to hostels for me.

The most memorable thing that happened to me in Lisbon was that I messed up my feet. For some reason I thought bringing Steve Madden sample shoes that I’ve never worn before would be good for walking the streets of Lisbon for 20k+ steps a day. Keep in mind the streets are all cobblestone and very hilly. Not my best idea. I wanted to buy new shoes that looked good and also were supportive, so I spent €100 on another trash pair of shoes. Again they just looked good but they messed up my feet even more. I planned to wait until I could find a good store with hiking shoes. Until then I walked in my Tevas (which were life savers).

In Lisbon I also went to Sintra which had a pretty palace and Cascáis which is where we went on Longwood Travels. In Cascáis I went to the same beach that we took pictures at 9 years before and went on the carousel. It was a weird nostalgic feeling being in the same place without the same people.Read more