October 15 Exploring Lisbon

A day to explore Lisbon. Had a leisurely breakfast then headed off to Rossio train station to get tickets to Sintra. Asked for seniors discount - had to show ID then it was only 3 Euros each. Talk about cheap.
From there we wandered up Av da Liberdade- high end shops, large tree lines sidewalks. Super hilly here - climbed up numerous stairs to the castle. Line up was crazy long so we decided just to take a pic. YIKES they wanted to charge us 15 euros each to go to a look out point. That’s not going to happen. We then paused to pick up cheese, and headed back down to a look out point to see the cruise ships. Stopped for lunch just south of Rossio station- shared lobster & salad - delish. Guy came buy selling knock off sunglasses for 20 euros. John said 10 thinking he was about to barter,but the guy said Yes and John found himself with new sun glasses. He then tried several on me - others said they looked good - and didn’t cut into my cheeks - so I bought a pair of square ones for 12 euros. I never purchase anything while travelling, but I’ve now purchased 3 things - iPhone charger & case,& sunglasses. So far they all seem to be good purchases.
From here we headed down to our hood, picked up almond macaroons and popped into a shop with elegant embroidery - Madeline loves this - then paused for drinks and people watching just near our place.

Daina texted to ask what time she was born. Got us into a funny conversation about Zodiac signs and who was compatible with whom. Lots of laughs.

Dinner at home was again salad, toast, cheese & wine. Perfect. Total steps today 16,114, 10.6K- fewer than yesterday, but this was up & down several hills.Read more