We had rough sea and dismal rain before coming into Lisbon, but it cleared up once the ship docked.
What a lovely, lovely city. Set on 7 hills, there are forts and palaces all over!
Sparkling scenes from the ship in every direction.
We did not have a tour planned but got on the shuttle bus to be taken to a plaza to see the city sights.
Unfortunately, their country is in the tank and you could see that although they have lovely old buildings, there are signs of neglect - it was sad to see this. Once the richest city in Europe, the city shows its age and financial difficulties. Many, many buildings are covered with lovely tiles and mosaics, streets in the old part of town are paved with mosaics creating different patterned sidewalks.
Although charming, you can see, the tiles of this building have fallen off and not been replaced.
We wandered the streets and watched all the traffic which was heavy in some places. They use these electric trolleys everywhere.
We passed a store and took this photo with the cow's head through the glass and its back end in the store.
We strolled the streets looking in store windows. Most of the stores we passed had deeply discounted prices of 70% off. We were told by a number of merchants that times were really tough.
This street mime was earning a few bucks. Never saw this trick before!
We walked for hours and found this fantastic arch. It is called the Rua Augusta Arch on Praça
do Comércio. Close by the edge of the water.
I have no idea what this building is but see how the street has mosaic.
We sat at a cafe had 2 delicious cappuccinos and listened to these buys play Tico-Tico
(Isn't that Italian?)
We arrived back at the square and boarded the shuttle to take us back to the ship. All in all......a great day.
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