Kyle-Patch Crazy Train

Feb 26 Phone in hand, Google maps sending us off on our adventure to see the castle - Castelo de Sao Jorge. Got on the bus in the wrong direction! Off and across the street on and we are on our way.  We got off at the stop 'Restauradones' and true to its name there were restaurants everywhere. Transfered to go up the hill.  Lots of souvenier shops. Building facades decorated with ceramic tiles. And another. Stop at the top short walk past more resturants, we skipped the line again and arrived at the gate.  Castle wall  And a peek through the gate to the fortress walls. No ticket  so no entrance we wandered down the narrow cobble stone roads. And found this delightful restaurant tucked away all by itself. Do you see the laundry? Dave had Stone Soup. I had octopus.  Very yummy. Feb ...

Took a day off. No sight seeing. Walked to the Marquis on a stick. To check out the Hop On - Off busses but have decided to do our own again just not today. Then we went searching for a Portuguese restaurant fir supper. Found the one we were looking for but it was closed until the 26th. (Pic from the internet) Followed a herd of the University students in their uniforms and capes. The was much laughing and silliness happening! We all ended up at the grocery store together. Back to our room for this And a nap. Time to go for supper and still from above snack. Ended up going to the pub on our corner for beer and fries. Followed by another trip to the store to get ice cream treats on a stick!! All in all a chillaxing day.                    🍦🍦🍦

Went exploring. Used public transport. They call this place the city hills for a reason. 😰 Three of 2 of the. 3 busses we rode refused payment. So we rode free.  1. Belem Tower. In was closed due to some work being done. So we couldn't visit. The tide was out when we were there. Built in 1515 to protect the port and  St.Jeromes Monastery.  Some detals: This 'rope' was carved stone. Impressive. 2. Jeronimos Monastery (St. Jerome) King Manuel I (1495 to 1521) built it. And also the Belem Tower. The monestary is huge the photos I took do not show that. There were very long lines to enter. We chose to skip the line and not go in. 3. Vasco de Gama monument. Vasco de Gama 1500's found a route to India around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) which meant avoiding the Mediterranean.  4. Walking past a police station. The guards posted at the gate. ...

When we arrived at the hotel there several red vehicles. Like this one I thought it was the bomb squad. Nope just the fire department. Which is across the street. Seems they park their vehicles on the road. For the day Dave used the 'hop on hop off' map to create a walking tour. 1.Marquis de Pombal is the guy on the pedestal which is in the middle of a major round-about. Its about a block from our hotel. He was instrumental in restoring Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake. 2. Edward VII park is right behind the Marquis. We spotted student several places do stuff. Apparently some kind of on going frosh activities. Kinda looked like they should be in  Harry Potter movie. Then we say this marvelous old building. Which turned out to be an exhibition hall.  3. A longer walk to the aquaduct. Built in the 18th C .It is 58 km in total. Survived the 1755 earthquake. Was used to transport water until 1968.  3. Bot...