Lisbon

After a very bumpy flight - but one where the kids at least slept the night through - we finally landed in Lisbon! Evie started complaining about her stomach as soon as we got off the plane and the, right as we exited the plane, vomited all over the jet way!! Of course. Luckily it seemed to be a one time thing...or so we hope! We finally got off the jet way (after leaving the puke) and made our way to the looooooongest line ever at passport control. Seriously. Thankfully a nice man found us and brought us over to the priority line where we got right through - the one bright spot on the trip so far - ha! We easily got our bags and grabbed a taxi (it was cash only and Matt had to pay a huge ATM fee at the airport - not pleased again) to our hotel - Martinhal Lisbon Chiado Family Suites. The kids quickly found the playroom while we checked in before going up to our room which turned out to be a super nice apartment with twins for the kids and a separate room for us. It is huge! We quickly changed our clothes and braved a walk with the stroller on the narrow, hilly, cobblestone streets. We walked over to the Time Out Market near the water which turned out to be amazing. There were so many good things to try. The kids got gelato and Matt and I got some meat and cheese and a much needed glass of wine. We hung out there for a bit and the kids got a kick out of the pigeons flying in and out of the market before heading across the street to the park. It was quite nice out, but the kids thought the park was too baby-ish so we walked on and up a HUGE hill to check out some views and play ball in the square for a bit. The hills here are no joke, but Hannah did really well with the walking. Afterwards, we put the kids in the stroller and continued to walk around the Chiado neighborhood. We stopped in a really old candle shop (the oldest in the Lisbon) to get some gifts and then finally made it back to the hotel where we got some wine and the kids had dinner at the cute cafe in the hotel (bonus points for the Mini Cooper in the cafe that they climbed in and out of with glee). We were all pretty beat so we came back upstairs to get the kids bathed and into bed which they didn't want to do (of course). We made ourselves stay up until 9:00pm and then....SLEEP!!もっと詳しく