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- Oct 6, 2024
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 39 ft
- PortugalLisbon DistrictPrazeresAlcântaraPorto de Lisboa38°42’6” N 9°10’8” W
Lisboa II
October 6 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
On day two, the three of us enjoyed being able to sleep in as we had slow morning together with some breakfast, good conversation and eventually even a short but very insightful drill. Tjaard asked us if we would want to do a short 3 minute drill onboard. After going back and forth for a while whether we wanted to, we decided let's do it. Tjaard told us we had one minute to think about everything we would need to gather in an 'abandon ship' situation. Then we would have three minutes to gather everything outside in the cockpit. The drill wasn't really about the tree minutes itself, but mostly about the reflection afterwards. How did we do? What could we do better next time? We did quite well actually. However, the most important lesson the drill taught us is that we should make a list of all the items we need to bring in an abandon ship situation so that we can just cross them off instead of grabbing some stuff left and right.
After a successful drill we ventured into Lisboa again. I had done some research myself and I really wanted to go and just walk around in two neighborhoods: Alfama and Mouraria. Alfama is the oldest neighborhood of Lisbon. Historically, it was situated outside the castle walls and was home to many of the city's poorer residents. As Lisbon grew into a major seafaring city, the district retained its gritty status and become home to sailors and dockers. It is a maze of narrow cobbled streets and traditional houses. We did also go to the castle, to have a look, tried to get in a side entrance without a ticket, but were quickly requested to leave the premises.
Mouraria literally means “Moorish quarter.” It was where the Moors who weren’t slaughtered when King Afonso Henriques conquered the city in 1147 were allowed to live -- until 1497, when they and the Jews were expelled from Portugal. Now, apparently, is the most multicultural neighborhood of Lisbon as people from 50 different nationalities live here. It was also, one of the more poorer neighborhoods, as we could sometimes look inside and see many beds squeezed into small rooms. We also walked through a street, which turned out to be an open gallery, where beautiful black and white pictures of elderly locals were displayed. They are an homage to them, as many are, also here, being pushed out of their neighborhood due to gentrification.
We had a wonderful afternoon strolling, my favorite thing to do in cities, through these two neighborhoods. We also did something I normally refuse to do: we waited in line for the pasteis de nata from Manteigaria! There were worth it though and luckily the line moved rather quickly. We were also able to enjoy them inside at the bar while looking at the baker masters creating the deliciousness.
From one delicacy to the next we strolled to Time Out Market (a Lisbon variant of the Foodhallen for the Amsterdammers here). We decided to all pick a dish and order them one after another to have a nice long dining experience. I started with a local bacalhau a bras, delicious. Bart followed with a seafood pasta. I was done at this point, but the guys concluded dinner with Tjaard's choice of some sort of steak burger. Of course we had to finish our evening with some more pasteis de nata ;) Which we enjoyed at home while playing some board games together.Read more
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