Tarts and Port in Lisbon (Portugal)
The next day we caught the train down to Lisbon where the weather was pretty much the same.
This is the main square, the Praça Dom Pedro IV aka Rossio, with some flower stalls. Still early yet as there's not that many people out.
This is one of the main shopping streets, the busy Rua Augusta in central Lisbon, which leads on to the Arco Do Triunfo. It's packed with shops and heaps of touristy restaurants.
Later on we caught the train out of town to visit Belem, home to the best pasteis de nata (portuguese egg tarts) in the world. But first, we decided on some more sightseeing out that way to build up some hunger. First off was the Torre de Belém, as it was the furthest away.
Then we visited the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries). This is a photo of it (on the left) with the Ponte 25 de Abril.
We finally made our way back to Belem for some tarts. The place to go is Café Pastéis de Belém, which apparently make about 14,000 of the little delights everyday. They were tasty as and we ate two there each, and bought five for the road, one of which didn't make it far outside the shop.
The next day the weather had cleared up a little bit, and after some brilliant (yet very inexpensive coffees) we took a ride up the Elevador de Santa Justa, which gives you access to some pretty decent views of the city.
This is some ruins of the Convento do Carmo near the elevator.
After making our way back down to ground level the sun started to come out! This is at the Praça dos Restauradores (Restorer's Square). Note the cool tiling on the ground. That stuff's all over Portugal.
We then caught an old tram up the hill to visit the Castle of São Jorge and check out Lisbon Cathedral. Whilst waiting for the tram we saw a group of people who were obviously from China, although they were not tourists. They were all carrying boxes and loading up vans. Our guess was that they were buying up all the new fashion so that they can reproduce them back home.
And here we are at the gates to the castle. Can you see the little old man with his head poking out the window? Not sure why he's there or who he is, but he smiles and waves at people when you enter.
Not even November yet and they're getting ready for Xmas. Sadly, they hadn't connected up the electricity yet.
We checked out the trendy shops on the other side of town before venturing off the see what kind of fado (traditional type of music native to Lisbon) joints they have there and if it seemed worth it to check out a performance. We had two 'traditional' places near our hostel but everywhere seemed expensive.
In the end we decided that it was a bit too much to spend and we had lots of other things we'd be needing to spend money on for our trip. Then we returned to the Praça do Comércio for some Portuguese chicken. That's the Castle of São Jorge on top of the hill.
The Santa Justa Elevator
An old tram
This is the Arco Do Triunfo. We snapped this photo just before we left for the overnight train to Madrid.
This is the main square, the Praça Dom Pedro IV aka Rossio, with some flower stalls. Still early yet as there's not that many people out.
This is one of the main shopping streets, the busy Rua Augusta in central Lisbon, which leads on to the Arco Do Triunfo. It's packed with shops and heaps of touristy restaurants.
Later on we caught the train out of town to visit Belem, home to the best pasteis de nata (portuguese egg tarts) in the world. But first, we decided on some more sightseeing out that way to build up some hunger. First off was the Torre de Belém, as it was the furthest away.
Then we visited the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument of the Discoveries). This is a photo of it (on the left) with the Ponte 25 de Abril.
We finally made our way back to Belem for some tarts. The place to go is Café Pastéis de Belém, which apparently make about 14,000 of the little delights everyday. They were tasty as and we ate two there each, and bought five for the road, one of which didn't make it far outside the shop.
The next day the weather had cleared up a little bit, and after some brilliant (yet very inexpensive coffees) we took a ride up the Elevador de Santa Justa, which gives you access to some pretty decent views of the city.
This is some ruins of the Convento do Carmo near the elevator.
After making our way back down to ground level the sun started to come out! This is at the Praça dos Restauradores (Restorer's Square). Note the cool tiling on the ground. That stuff's all over Portugal.
We then caught an old tram up the hill to visit the Castle of São Jorge and check out Lisbon Cathedral. Whilst waiting for the tram we saw a group of people who were obviously from China, although they were not tourists. They were all carrying boxes and loading up vans. Our guess was that they were buying up all the new fashion so that they can reproduce them back home.
And here we are at the gates to the castle. Can you see the little old man with his head poking out the window? Not sure why he's there or who he is, but he smiles and waves at people when you enter.
Not even November yet and they're getting ready for Xmas. Sadly, they hadn't connected up the electricity yet.
We checked out the trendy shops on the other side of town before venturing off the see what kind of fado (traditional type of music native to Lisbon) joints they have there and if it seemed worth it to check out a performance. We had two 'traditional' places near our hostel but everywhere seemed expensive.
In the end we decided that it was a bit too much to spend and we had lots of other things we'd be needing to spend money on for our trip. Then we returned to the Praça do Comércio for some Portuguese chicken. That's the Castle of São Jorge on top of the hill.
The Santa Justa Elevator
An old tram
This is the Arco Do Triunfo. We snapped this photo just before we left for the overnight train to Madrid.
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