Lisbon

We heard from the sitter this morning that Hannah refused to go to bed and then she woke up at 3:00am again complaining about her nose. Ugh. We were all tired again today. Despite being tired, we all (except Kyle who wasn't feeling well) headed out via taxi to Belem after breakfast in the room. We started at Jeronimos Monastery which was amazing (and huge!). We walked into the church and then just wandered around the outside for a bit. The weather was hit and miss - some sun, some rain so it made it a bit hard to plan. Matt ran to get egg tarts for us at Pasteis de Belem while Rin and I took the girls to a nearby playground. They had a blast playing, but did not like the tarts for some strange reason. The grownups did though! After our snack we walked over to the big monument to the discoverers and then along the water to the Tower of Belem. The kids were getting tired and it was starting to rain so we didn't make it to climb the tower and instead caught a taxi to LX Factory for lunch. Even though it took forever to get seated, we ended up having a great lunch (despite the fact that Hannah didn't want to eat her burger and threw a total fit....grrrrr). We tried to explore a little but it started to pour so we got an Uber back to our hotel. The driver gave us a really hard time about the kids again! We went back to the room to rest for awhile and when the sun came out we decided to go on a walk to get ice cream and a drink back at the Time Out Market. This was a mistake as it was really crowded and the girls were NOT well behaved at all. Matt took them outside to the park and they had a much better time playing on the seesaw and chasing pigeons in the sun. We walked back to the hotel, got them ready and dropped them off at Kids Club for the evening. Matt and I met up with Rin and Kyle and we walked over to Petisqueria Conquistador near the castle. It was nice out so we decided to walk. It was so hilly that thee was an actual elevator built into the street to get us up!! Dinner was amazing - lots of small tapas. Our server was a bit of a mess - spilling, dropping and breaking things - but at least the food was excellent. (Note - do not get cocktails in Portugal - they don't know how to make them). We decided to walk back downhill but the elevator was closed so we got a bit lost. Overall a really nice last night out in Lisbon and we are off to start our road trip adventure tomorrow!Read more