Day 11 - Lisbon, Portugal

Weather
Sunny, upper 60’s

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First Impressions

What we did
Amy woke up a little before sunrise and opened the blinds so we could watch the sun rise and coming into port from bed. Lisbon is a beautiful, vibrant city full of character, with its narrow, winding streets, colorful buildings and distinctive black-and-white stone pavements. As we were here five months ago, we decided to just walk around the city and visit some of the neighborhoods close to the port and enjoy some time shopping and eating local delicacies.

The weather was perfect today and after having a light breakfast, we disembarked and began our walk through some of the neighborhoods. We quickly found a shop selling Pastel de Nata. We each had one of these custardy wonders, a must when in Lisbon. We then stopped at Rua Augusta Arch, located in a plaza on the water and then walked deeper into the city, trying to retrace steps from our last visit here. We decided to get a bite at a local Portugese restaurant. Casa Brasileira is a traditional café and pastry shop in the heart of Lisbon, on Rua Augusta, one of the city's busiest pedestrian shopping streets. Tom had paella while Amy tried a “bifana”, which is a traditional pork sandwich with fries. After lunch, we hunted for a place to try some port and a place called “Maria Palato Wine Bar.” We shared a tasting (50 euros), that came with some nuts, cheese and dried fruit. We tried a 10 and 20 year old Tawny (and two others). As a special treat, they let us try a 50 year old Tawny! It was very good, but out of our price range. Before returning to the ship, we stopped at Taylor Fladgate for a glass of their port. Tom had the 20 year and Amy the 10, delicious! We then returned to the ship and relaxed a bit before going to dinner. We sailed away while at dinner and we waved goodbye to beautiful Lisbon. We will be back!

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