Berthed in Lisbon, not too far from centre of city.
After breakfast weather clearing up nicely, so went to the morning trivia, then got ready to go ashore.
There appears to be a lot of work being done at the port so we exited from a new ‘building/terminal’ and came out just by the railway station, quite a bit further along from the old exit. Took a new route into the town, went past the military museum and then up the hill through very narrow streets, up by the Roman? walls, up to the Cathedral. Lots of little shops and cafes some of which were closed due to a public holiday. A lot of the buildings have tiled fronts, in all sorts of colours and patterns, some of the buildings are very dilapidated.
Typical street scene.
Checked out a souvenir shop to purchase a new tea pot stand and called in to a café to buy one of the famous Lisbon ‘custard tarts’, very tasty.
Walked past the Cathedral but didn’t go in, but the road outside was very busy with trams going up and down the hill, one of which appears to be a tourist tram which we need to checkout for next time we come to Lisbon to see where it goes.
Trams and tiled buildings.
Then down again to the main street and the main seafront square with their large Christmas Tree, and time to return to the ship as it had started to rain, luckily it didn’t last long but we decided to call it a day for our shore excursion.
Back on board took advantage of a sunny spell to share a burger and hotdog out on the rear deck.
Time for some blogging, new plan to get the emails working, hopeful.
Sailaway down the river in the dark, very pretty, including the Christmas Tree! in the square.
Commercial Square and Triumphal Arch with Christmas Tree
Time for a picture quiz, two more stamps, on the way to a buffet dinner.
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