• Lisa Hart
  • Lisa Hart

NewPlan

An open-ended adventure by Lisa Read more
  • Trip start
    April 23, 2024

    Made it to??

    April 24, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

    Going to sleep…walked 2 miles to get here…interesting hotel. Remote hotel clerk on camera set up. I’ve never seen that before.

  • Great start today

    April 24, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    At a train station in Vigo. Waiting for phone to charge so I can buy a Eurorail pass. Turned out I had wrong charger cord so my fake phone was dead. Lost my ATM card too. I'm off to a great start. It can only get better. LolRead more

  • Portugal independance

    April 25, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Apparently it's Portugal's I independence day. Kind of one for me too. I wasn't fast enough to catch the fireworks but I got the smoke on video. I also just watched a very nimble old man throw a bowl of pee off a balcony of an obviously abandoned apartment. That was followed by his trash and clothes. He then crawled over the railing, walked outside the railing and slipped down a pike from the second floor. Pretty impressive. It's pretty noisy to sleep but I'm gonna try!Read more

  • Another Day

    April 25, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Turned out there was breakfast at the hotel I was at. Met an amazing couple from Australia on sabbatical traveling the world for a year. We had an amazing conversation o.n world views philosophy,, politics ,our jobs and current events. So rare to find those who can speak and listen. Without getting worked up and able to just enjoy a conversation. Took hours to eat a roll and weird lunch meat ! Worth the trip for that alone.! Also took a lengthy rail ride to get out of Porto where I met a nice young man that I talked to the whole time. Only got lost twice today and made it to my destination after a long long walk. Haven't showered or had clothes to change in to so bought a few things and that's my next activity.Read more

  • Lunch

    April 25, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    I probably shouldn't comment on other People's meals. I'm mostly surviving off vending machines so far while I go back and forth to airport or get lost all day...lol

  • Pavoa

    April 25, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    I feel almost bad posting this while people are hiking their asses off but I finally had a good day...great but not very expensive hotel. All you could eat sushi for $20. I've eaten way too many crackers so far! INSIDE a hotel I was able to find before midnight. I think I will finally sleep!!Read more

  • The beach eludes me

    April 26, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    So here I am at the beach....and it's cold and raining. Instead I bout sone cheese and salami for my crackers and laid in the couch in the hotel and read my book all day (something I've not done for years). It was nice to have nothing to do but hoping for sun tomorrow. Had a great dinner and checked out the casino next door. Won $200 and got the heck outta there!Read more

  • Workingln my face tan

    April 27, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 12 °C

    It's not exactly what had in mind but the beach is wide and beautiful. Found a valley in the sand to break sone of the wind and have my sexy sunbathing outfit on
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  • Finally!!

    April 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    Finally a great beach day. Warm, not much wind, just me and a couple of homeless dudes. First day I've been able to sort through my head and not worry about bills I can't pay, how much $ I have left, who dislikes me, how I'm crippled with communication etc...so much has happened I'm beginning to just appreciate what I have in front of me. Sand, water, sun. I'm remembering now that you have to let go of people, places, things to find any peace. And that acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.Read more

  • Dont eat this food

    April 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    I have no idea what this was. Didn't know what anything was on the menu so the lady said I would like this. Mushy bread, ham, really tough thin steak, cheese. Drowning in weird cheese soup. With a runny egg on top. I hate runny eggs. I ate what I could but it was gross. If you see it on a menu, skip it. I'm still trying to get the taste out if my mouth 🤮Read more

  • 9 days later!!

    April 30, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    On my 4th trip to airport, they finally let me go in a room called the "warehouse" and my luggage is there. It had been in Madrid then back to Miami then Madrid again. So finally some clean clothes, meds, etc. No more hand washing things in the sink and wearing wet clothes. Feels like winning the lottery at this point.Read more

  • Coincidence?

    May 1, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    So when I tried to go to Spain to get a Eurorail ticket and train station workers misdirected me all over Vigo, I met a woman who was doing the Camino but had to stop due to having vasculitis on her legs. I had just lost my main ATM card. We were both miserable with our feeling alone, disappointment with our ruined plans, being lost in a foreign country, lack of helpfulness of people in customer service. We talked a long time about things happening the way they are supposed to and joked about having no real plan. This morning while I was eating breakfast she appeared. She rested her legs a few days and was able to do finish the Camino. I gave her the details of my new plan, and we laughed at how weird it was to meet again at the same hotel in a different country from where we first met. Since we were both alone, we had to agree that in some small way we were meant to meet....twice!Read more

  • Camping (sort of) in Italy

    May 1, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    At a "campground" in Rome. Kind of like a KOA campground. Bungalow's with pool, market, etc. Restaurant (Enzo the chef if you ever watch cooking competitions but he's not really here..lol). Dinner was amazing. Pasta carbonara with pork cheeks which sounded gross but was actually really good. Roasted vegetables, really good. Looking forward to the quiet tonight being out of the city a ways.Read more

  • The rest of today

    May 3, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    I easily walked 5 or 6 miles going place to place to see as much as possible. Couldn't tell you what half these places were but most were pretty cool....Italy worth the trip for the gnocchi and gelato alone 🤣Read more

  • Pool day

    May 5, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    So, it became necessary for some man to push me off the bus so he could get out first…so now walking on my left foot is a challenge…meant to go to the Vatican City and museums today but that’s not looking good, so it’s a pool day, $21 euros for sunscreen and a Diet Coke but I’ve got a prime seat at the pool for watching the hot Italian lifeguard ,,,,it could be worse!Read more