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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...

This was a restful day. Lazy day!  Our breakfast restaurant was closed (Sunday) so we walked down a new street. Found a couple clothing stores, a sports bar, and 2 grocery stores. No open restaurants. So ended up picking up some fresh baked goodies and having continental breakfast on our patio. This is the view from our patio. Which looks over the inner court yard.  We enter the hotel at street level and our room is on the main floor. But from our balcony we look down 4 stories. Now that is some kind of walk out basement. Picture of reception  Our room.  Went out again to buy more food and wine. Appetizer: baguette dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar and olives, on the balcony Main: mixed salad(lettuce, carrot, tomato, mushrooms) with chicken, little boiled potatoes. In side.  Served with  A nice Portuguese wine from the Alentejano region.               ...

Left home at 3 am (pst) Feb19 and arrived in Lisbon Feb 20  8am (wet). First hours lost in a haze of exhaustion, jet lag, and mood swings.  But now its 11pm local time and jet lag under control its lime for bed. Big walk to day mostly down hill to the river through historic Lisbon. Not even a little bit levevel Finally at the bottom. Back home bus. For happy hour. Life is good.               🍷🍷🍷

It is still 🔥🌞🌞🔥 Every morning at 8:30 this playground fills up with noisy children. It's our walk up call. What a joyful noise to wake up to. This picture is from our front window. The breakfast restaurant is right under the green. Our room has a 'balcony' which translate to sliding balcony doors with a waist high plexiglass barrier so you can't leave the room. Our day was spent at the resort. Lots of relaxing in the shade 😎, eating 🍝, and happy hours 🍷🍸🍹🍺.            Loving all inclusive! Dave found this great 3-D wall muriel that I had not noticed.  A close up. Last day was most relaxing!                          🎇 🎇 🎇

It's still 🔥🌞🌞🔥 Liverpool is a Bay like department store in a mall. The kind where the stores are inside and it's air conditioned.  Lots of brand names that are recognizable. Price for a party dress. The mall 2 levels  Walked to Walmart prices slightly less than at home about 5%. Even the produce. We had less trouble finding the bus stop. Asked several bus drivers if they were going to Nuevo Vallarta before we found the right one. The day finished with lunch, beer, naps, supper, and a bad John Wayne movie! PS Had this for breakfast It was vert good This is what it is                      🚌 🚌 🚌