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2019年4月20日
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日1
2019年4月20日土曜日 5:40
🌙 3 °C
海抜: 244 m
アメリカ Clark Park 40.105804, -88.25978940°6’21” N 88°15’35” W
Travel Day
2019年4月20日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
It’s usually not much fun to get from Point A to Point B, especially not if the people who booked your ticket give you a 6 hour layover in Philadelphia! For these long travel days, I always try to get up very early to get to the gym, on the theory that I will feel better and maybe sleep a bit on the plane. So today at 5 am I was up and out. My Silver Sneakers gym is open 24/7 with a little purple thing to swipe, and there are always a few more nut cases like me there so it’s not too lonely.

We are headed to Lisbon — unbelievable though it seems to me, this will be the sixteenth consecutive year I have taught a short course at the law school in the Católica. Cannot believe it!

At the airport I weighed my bags to calculate how much olive oil I can cram in them on the way home. One of my favorite pastimes in Lisbon is buying lots of olive oil for my Berkeley crew, who has figured out that they use about 36 liters a year. I have been keeping up with that demand for about 6 years now and hope to extend it for a few more, at least till I am too feeble to lug all this around. Oil is lighter than water, though!

We arrived in PHL and made our way over to the Lego Liberty Bell and thus began our long layover. Only 5 hours till boarding time now! We will go straight to Lisbon, arriving around 9 am tomorrow morning. Easter Sunday, so it should be a slow day.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Laurie, Lisbon, lucky you! Such a great place to have a job. Enjoy. If my Primitivo gets too hard I’ll come and visit.
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旅行者Great that you can continue this tradition! Greetings from Santiago. Un abrazo fuerte amiga
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日2
2019年4月21日日曜日 21:32
🌙 16 °C
海抜: 61 m
ポルトガル University of Lisbon Botanical Garden 38.720589, -9.14757638°43’14” N 9°8’51” W
Arrived
2019年4月21日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
We’re staying in the central historic area, quite a change from the Marriott. Beautiful weather, lots of tourists, lots of great fish restaurants to choose from.
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日3
2019年4月22日月曜日 14:23
☀️ 18 °C
海抜: 54 m
ポルトガル Praça da Alegria 38.72054, -9.14706738°43’14” N 9°8’49” W
Breakfast, gym, and a long walk
2019年4月22日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Lisbon sits on many hills, so there are lots of “miradouros” (scenic look-out plazas is my awkward translation). We decided to head for two located on hills near the castle— these are not the most popular but the views are great—Nossa Senhora da Monte and Graca. Lunch in a little pastelaria where we sat outside in old Lisbon and had a homemade lunch for 9 € for the two of us!

Back to the hotel for a total of 19,752 steps according to my phone. While Joe rested, I went on my first oil-scouting expedition. Making good headway!

Tomorrow it’s down to work for two days. Then Thursday is The national holiday commemorating the Carnation Revolution-saying goodbye to fascism without firing a shot.もっと詳しく
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旅行者You are one busy woman! San Juan with buddies and now back to Lisbon. On my way home now via Vigo and blabla car to Madrid as all the trains and buses to Madrid are completo. The Primitivo is my all time favorite. Write more when home. Un abrazo fuerte amiga
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日4
2019年4月23日火曜日 19:42
⛅ 13 °C
海抜: 41 m
ポルトガル Praça da Alegria 38.716885, -9.14402938°43’1” N 9°8’39” W
Payback time -- time to teach
2019年4月23日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
First day of Introduction to US Property Law. 38 students, a mix of Portuguese, other Europeans, and a group from Macao (former colony, which is still governed by the19th century Portuguese Civil Code). I always enjoy teaching here because the students are undergrads unlike US law students—which makes them less jaded and more “innocent.”

Though a cab to the school from our hotel would be under 10 € and take 1/3 the time, I just can’t bring myself to abandon the lovely Lisbon metro. It’s a great sociological observation— so many different people, all going somewhere.

After a few torrential downpours, all of which I missed while in class, the sun came out in late afternoon, and we took a walk through another favorite part of downtown.

Last night we had a traditional Portuguese meal ( not fish— no Lisboeta eats fish on Monday because fish markets are closed on Saturday and Sunday, so it can’t be fresh). Tonight we went for Indian—Tamarind Restaurant near our hotel — Excellent!!もっと詳しく
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日5
2019年4月24日水曜日 18:45
⛅ 14 °C
海抜: 68 m
ポルトガル Cinemateca Portuguesa 38.721298, -9.14811138°43’17” N 9°8’53” W
Gulbenkian Museum and Olive Oil
2019年4月24日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Second day of classes and tomorrow is another holiday. I met Joe at the Gulbenkian Museum after class- an obligatory stop every year.

Then a quick trip to the Corte Inglés supermarket where I got another 8 liters of oil. According to the weight of my bags when I came over, I can bring back more than 100 pounds of oil, but that would be excessive. :-)

We made it home before the rain and we’re lucky that it had stopped before a delicious dinner at a new recommended place, Quermesse. It’s in the Praça Alegria (Happy Square) but the last time I visited years ago nothing legal was going on. Tourists must be pushing out the drug trade.もっと詳しく
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日7
2019年4月26日金曜日 19:10
☀️ 15 °C
海抜: 80 m
ポルトガル Ribeiro de Covelinhas 41.150669, -7.68218341°9’2” N 7°40’56” W
National holiday, April 25
2019年4月26日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
The day of the Carnation Revolution, 45 years ago. Not a shot was fired. The army officers, tired of fascism, I guess, went into the president and prime minister’s offices and said, it’s time to go. We don’t want to hurt you, so get in this tank and we will take you to the airport so you can go to Brazil. Yesterday we saw those tanks being driven on their historical route, pretty cool.

We spent the day with good Portuguese friends, two economists Joe has known for years. First to eat baby goat, I guess cabrito translates as kid. The restaurant, about 20 km out of Lisbon, was mobbed, and everyone was eating the same thing.

Then a trip to the Universidade Nova’s new building about 20 km outside of Lisbon, on the river. Pretty astonishing, They even have their own private tunnel under the road to get to the beach, and conveniently the sheds for all their aquatic sports (ocean sports to the right, river sports to the left) are right there.もっと詳しく
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日7
2019年4月26日金曜日
⛅ 14 °C
海抜: 85 m
ポルトガル Ribeiro de Covelinhas 41.150702, -7.68223341°9’3” N 7°40’56” W
Up to the Douro Valley
2019年4月26日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We always take a weekend trip during our two week Lisbon stay. We haven’t been to the Douro Valley in a few years, and it seemed like a great time of year, so here we are. Class was over at 12:30, we were at the airport by 2, in our rental car about an hour later.

The drive was straightforward, except for the fact that I first went to the CASA da Azenha, instead of the QUINTA da Azenha. Luckily they are only 10 km apart! This is a centuries’ old renovated stone house up and looking right over the river. It is close to two good restaurants, so no driving for food is necessary. I am right now sitting on a terrace looking out at the scene you see in these pics. Joe is resting. I think it’s a no brainer who made the better decision!もっと詳しく
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日8
2019年4月27日土曜日 12:25
☀️ 18 °C
海抜: 110 m
ポルトガル Ribeiro de Covelinhas 41.152083, -7.67818741°9’7” N 7°40’41” W
Rivers and vineyards
2019年4月27日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Oh, wow, what a day. We made about a 75 km circle that took us up and down and around, to a neolithic hill fort in Sabrosa, to the Mateus estate (how can such a beautiful place produce such bad wine?! — maybe that’s unfair because maybe I have only had the really cheap rosé wine in the brown ceramic bottle that we used to burn candles in so they would drip all over the bottle. )

The townspeople were making a carpet of flowers for tomorrow’s procession of the Virgen das Prazeres. They told us they had started at 7 am and would finish by 3 am. Mass at 7 sharp and then the procession to destroy their 20 hours of work.

From there all through vineyards, down to the river and then back up again, each vista more gorgeous than the last. We ended with a trip up to the miradouro in Casal de Loivos, which I had remembered from previous trips.

We will finish off the day with dinner in a fairly fancy place, DOC, right on the river about a 15 minute walk from our lovely Quinta da Azenha.もっと詳しく
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日9
2019年4月28日日曜日 13:49
⛅ 23 °C
海抜: 58 m
ポルトガル University of Lisbon Botanical Garden 38.720631, -9.14764438°43’14” N 9°8’52” W
Romanesque church-going
2019年4月28日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Our main objective of the day was to visit three romanesque churches, scattered in little villages around the Douro Valley. It made for spectacular driving to out of the way places. I will say, though, that Portuguese romanesque is just not as beautiful as what I see all the time in Spain. Joe says he has had his fill for a while, can’t say I blame him, but he was a good trooper.

When we wanted to head back to Lisbon, we were in the middle of nowhere and had to cross a pretty desolate part of the country to get to the highway. All’s well that ends well, back in Lisbon for the second week of classes.もっと詳しく
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日11
2019年4月30日火曜日 8:14
⛅ 13 °C
海抜: 61 m
ポルトガル University of Lisbon Botanical Garden 38.720617, -9.14755638°43’14” N 9°8’51” W
Metro, classes, gym, plazas, repeat
2019年4月30日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Our Lisbon life has settled into a routine. Up early, metro to class, metro home to fitness center in hotel, then a few hours in plazas around town.
With a meal in a good restaurant to top it off

Today I met with a wonderful friend who is now a justice on the Portuguese Supreme Court, and as always it was as if there had not been a year’s gap since I had seen her.

Tomorrow, another national holiday, May 1, so our routine has been short-lived.もっと詳しく
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日12
2019年5月1日水曜日 14:49
☀️ 21 °C
海抜: 91 m
ポルトガル Prazeres 38.71632, -9.16656738°42’59” N 9°9’60” W
Plan C
2019年5月1日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Strikes, demonstrations, and a half marathon made our day a bit complicated but in the end we walked 20,000 steps, had a great ride on the Tram 28, and were able to enjoy many gorgeous “sitting stops” in plazas with great views. Back to work tomorrow.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Looks like you have beautiful weather!
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旅行者When I stayed in Lisboa I had an apartment in the old city and the city tramline, it was a wonderful experience.
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日14
2019年5月3日金曜日 15:54
☀️ 26 °C
海抜: 31 m
ポルトガル Praça da Alegria 38.72179, -9.14467638°43’18” N 9°8’41” W
Last day in Lisbon
2019年5月3日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Normal routine the last couple of days, different today in that instead of a post-gym café-and-plaza seeking expedition, it was a trip to the laundromat. Two loads to wash and dry was over 20 €, but five years ago these modern inventions were unknown in Portugal. So I am not complaining!!

Tomorrow we leave on an early morning flight to Pico Island, where the weather forecast is for six days of rain. We’ve seen these kinds of forecasts in the Azores before, and I think/hope we’ll get some sun every now and then. Fingers crossed, goodbye Lisbon. We will be back on May 14 and leave for the US the next day.

I’ve already reserved a reservation for our last night at a highly touted restaurant near our hotel where we have repeatedly failed to get reservations even a day or two in advance. Bistro4, here we come.もっと詳しく
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旅行者It’s been raining constantly here, so you may as well stay where you’re at! 😉
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日15
2019年5月4日土曜日 9:48
⛅ 16 °C
海抜: 19 m
ポルトガル Ribeira do Carvalhal 38.413307, -28.2830638°24’48” N 28°16’59” W
On the island of Pico
2019年5月4日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
By 10:30 am, we were in our rental car and driving around the island of Pico. Volcano in the middle and lava flows everywhere. Our hotel is amazing, Aldeia da Fonte. Five old village houses turned into a hotel “complex”. Right on the water, lots of walking paths.

Weather was a little bit of everything-cloudy, rainy, and then spectacularly sunny.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Yay for sun! Sounds lovely!
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日17
2019年5月6日月曜日 11:33
🌬 16 °C
海抜: 28 m
ポルトガル Ribeira do Carvalhal 38.413311, -28.28244938°24’48” N 28°16’57” W
Loving Pico island
2019年5月6日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
So far, not much rain, and even one whole day of sun! We have walked and walked, along the coast and up high near the volcano. Today we took a long guided walk through a “lava tube”, formed about 1500 years ago when the volcano erupted and some of the lava pushed out sideways. Very different from your average cave. Joe was almost the oldest person to have ever walked through, but last year an 82-year old did it. It was a very difficult rocky path, no lights, slippery, but he made it!

The vineyards are a UNESCO world heritage site. The vines are all in very small handmade rock enclosures, built hundreds of years ago. The vines grow right on the lava. I have never seen anything like it.

In a little chapel to Our Lady of Compassion I lit a bunch of (electric) candles on the theory that we could all use a little compassion. Very nice place for some reflection.もっと詳しく
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日18
2019年5月7日火曜日 12:53
☀️ 18 °C
海抜: 海水位
ポルトガル Ribeira do Carvalhal 38.413152, -28.28236338°24’47” N 28°16’57” W
Ferry to Faial
2019年5月7日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Days don’t get much better than this. Carpe diem!

We took an 8 am ferry over to the island of Faial, a short 30 minute hop, where the sun shone all day and the views back over our island with its big volcano were amazing.

We spent the day at two volcano sites, one recent (1958) (we could see orange roof tiles popping up from the ashes, a small whaling village was destroyed), and the other one hundreds of years ago with a huge green crater. And then just driving around, the island’s perimeter is only 50 km so we could deviate from the main circular road a lot. We have learned that whenever a sign points you towards a “miradouro” (scenic lookout), take the turn!

And now here we sit out on our balcony with a glass of Douro wine, a view of the ocean, and listening to the waves crashing. Clouds are rolling in with a vengeance, so tomorrow might not be quite as perfect as today.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Sounds lovely! Can we come with you next time?
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日19
2019年5月8日水曜日
🌧 17 °C
海抜: 28 m
ポルトガル Ribeira do Carvalhal 38.413316, -28.28244738°24’48” N 28°16’57” W
No whale-watching today!
2019年5月8日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
We woke up to rain and wind, and no surprise, our whale-watching trip was cancelled. They re-booked us for tomorrow afternoon, fingers crossed. Staying with the whaling theme, we went to the whaling museum and saw a fascinating documentary. Pico was the last place on the planet where they still went out in a small boat with about 8 men to harpoon whales. The movie was filmed in 1970 and shows it all, start to bloody finish. Pretty amazing feat of courage, no matter what you think of the practice itself. The year harpooning stopped, about 1987, a German man opened up Pico’s first whale-watching business, employing many of the men who would no longer be hunting whales.

The rest of the day alternated between foggy/windy/rainy and occasional bursts of sun. We got out and walked whenever we could, lots of empty country lanes near the ocean. Nothing but grape vines, bright green fields, and cows. All in all, not a bad day, finished off with a trip to the pretty basic fitness center.もっと詳しく
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2019年5月9日木曜日 10:38
☀️ 17 °C
海抜: 28 m
ポルトガル Ribeira do Carvalhal 38.413316, -28.28244738°24’48” N 28°16’57” W
Whales!
2019年5月9日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today we visited the north side of the island, just as beautiful as the south. We went to a second whaling museum, this one located in the old factory where the whale was turned into oil, vitamins, flour, and manure — all in one place. Post-industrial fabulous. The only parts of the whale that were not used were its heart and intestines. Those were rowed out to sea and dumped in the ocean, but they inevitably wound their way back to shore, bringing a huge stink with them.

But the afternoon was for the real whales — we saw a bunch of sperm whales, whose tails flip up when they dive and it is beautiful. And the dolphins, must have been about 30 dolphins all leaping in unison. It was really something. And I now have an answer to the question — When was the last time you did something for the first time?

I did not bother to try to catch fleeting glimpses of whales and porpoises with my phone camera. Much more enjoyable to just watch.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Whale flour???
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Laurie ReynoldsFlour ground up from the bones. It was used as fertilizer on the fields, and then ground up with whale meat as food for the animals. I don’t think anyone made bread out of it!
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旅行者Ok I feel much better now!
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日21
2019年5月10日金曜日 11:52
⛅ 19 °C
海抜: 40 m
ポルトガル Pico Airport 38.552112, -28.44379838°33’8” N 28°26’38” W
Travel day (or not)
2019年5月10日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Not much going on today except a visit to the wine museum and one last (we hope) walk along the lava beds on the coast. The wine museum explained how the people of the island brought soil over from a nearby island, cracked open the lava beds, and put soil in the cracks.

Astonishingly (at least to me), the vines grew and have thrived. And the vineyrds themselves are a UNESCO world heritage site — rock walls built by hand hundreds of years ago making a huge number of tiny enclosures to protect the vines (which grow vertically on the soil so they sort of look like pumpkin vines). The wine museum says that if you took all the rock walls and extended them in one straight line, there would be enough to circle the equator twice. That’s a lot of backbreaking rock wall work!

We got to the airport with quite a bit of trepidation because it is very very windy. As for now, our flight to Terceira Island is scheduled to go, but the ticket agent told us not to bet on it. And tomorrow and Sunday are supposed to have higher winds. If we can’t get off the island till Monday, we will probably just go straight to Lisbon and forget about the lovely isle of Terceira. Our flight leaves Lisbon on Wednesday. Maybe it was not such a smart idea to pre-pay our hotel. :-). But if we are stuck here on Pico, the airline will put us up, provide transportation, and feed us. That’s very nice, but I would really rather leave!もっと詳しく
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日22
2019年5月11日土曜日 10:50
🌧 20 °C
海抜: 47 m
ポルトガル Pico Airport 38.552544, -28.44385538°33’9” N 28°26’38” W
Today's adventure
2019年5月11日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
The flight was canceled yesterday, as we had expected. So we spent the night in a hotel on the waterfront. This morning, a bus brought us back to the airport. The winds are too bad for a plane to land, so we are moving on to Plan B (or is it C?).

A bus took us back to the waterfront. We got on the ferry to the island of Faial, where the winds are better. The ride over was awful, lots of people throwing up.

At the harbor, I followed the explicit instructions— there will be two buses. Get on the one for the airport. I asked, Driver said yes. We got on. Turns out it was the wrong bus, only going to the airport four hours later. Thankfully our now dear friend Pedro, who spoke excellent English, had also gotten on the wrong bus. A cab was sent straight away and we arrived at the airport as the plane was boarding. A 30 seat prop jet. BUMPY flight.

But that’s not the end of the drama. I left my iPad charging in the Pico airport. Everyone wanted to help, passengers and crew. The iPad has been found and will either be sent to Terceira or back to Lisbon.

As we got on the plane the other nine passengers applauded. The pilot had told them that the only reason the airlines had concocted this crazy scheme was because there were two Americans on the flight. Otherwise everyone would still be back on Pico waiting for the wind to die down. Crazy.

Pedro helped me fill out the form for the lost iPad and then took us straight to our hotel. You can see view from the balcony of our room.

Can’t believe we made it. Now to enjoy Angra do Heroísmo.もっと詳しく
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旅行者Yowza! That’s quite enough excitement! Here’s hoping for a very calm rest of your trip.
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Back to Lisbon, 2019 Laurie Reynolds
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2019年5月12日日曜日 13:10
⛅ 22 °C
海抜: 34 m
ポルトガル Praca Velha 38.655464, -27.21950138°39’20” N 27°13’10” W
Sunny Sunday in Angra
2019年5月12日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
I picked this hotel because of its fitness center but the view would have also been a perfect reason. This morning, reception helped make some more contacts about my iPad and depending on whom you speak to, it’s either already here at the airport or about to arrive late today. In any event, tomorrow we will rent a car to take a spin around the island, and the airport will be one of our early stops. Fingers crossed!!!

We spent the day walking. Through the old town, up to a spectacular viewing spot, to the harbor, through beautiful municipal gardens, lunch in the best restaurant we’ve eaten in on the islands (we will be back), and then another climb up to the 15th century castle guarding the harbor. UNESCO’s designation as a world heritage site was spot on. It’s just really beautiful.もっと詳しく
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日24
2019年5月13日月曜日 10:32
🌬 18 °C
海抜: 28 m
ポルトガル Estádio Muncipal de Angra do Heroísmo 38.65727, -27.22698838°39’26” N 27°13’37” W
Last day on the Azores
2019年5月13日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
We rented a car just for the day to drive around the island. Unbelievable coastal scenery, climbed down to the crater of a volcano, had a fabulous lunch, and RETRIEVED my iPad!!!
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2019年5月14日火曜日 10:02
☀️ 22 °C
海抜: 64 m
ポルトガル Cinemateca Portuguesa 38.720755, -9.14795938°43’15” N 9°8’53” W
One last day in Lisbon
2019年5月14日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Up at 4:30, and the hotel was nice enough to give us coffee and some pastries. Our 7 am flight got into Lisbon right on time, and so we had one last day here. My big challenge for the day was distributing the weight and trying to pack the olive oil carefully, fingers crossed there are no broken bottles!

Things have changed a lot in the ten days we were gone — temps are in mid-high 80s, the number of tourists has at least tripled, water is flowing in all the fountains, trees are flowering, and the beautiful Rossio train station has emerged from all of its scaffolding. We were going to have a fancy dinner, but I am so sick of eating in restaurants that I convinced Joe that we would be better off at our local neighborhood fresh-grilled-fish-for-12 € place.

Home tomorrow!もっと詳しく
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2019年5月15日