9/28/2023 2 Comments Lisbon 28 October 2023Day 4 in Lisbon This morning I grabbed the camera early in the morning so I could catch the sunrise from Alfama. It was actually very nice to walk the deserted streets without the need to dodge all the tourists and cars. It was also theraputic to watch the sky change colors and the city lights gradually extinguish themselves as the Sun peeked over the horizon. Immediately afterward, I wandered to a couple cathedrals before returning to the hotel. My goal is to have enough new photos to create another calendar, so I will let you know in November how that goes.
Our only plan for the day written in stone was to meet Beth Corrick for lunch near the Antique Art museum. I decided to take Cindy inside the museum first and I found a few displays from one of my college homework assignments; prints depicting the Portuguese discovering Japan in the 1540s and sending missionaries to convert them to Catholicism. This was one of the "Visita Guiada" episodes on RTP2, if anyone is interested in learning more. On the way out, Cindy needed to use the restroom, so I asked one of the employees for directions (in Portuguese, of course). The woman replied extremely quickly, but I was able to catch the key words and not get lost. While walking across the street to lunch, we realized Cindy left my umbrella in the Uber. We still had her smaller umbrella in my backpack, so at least we had a little protection from the frequent rainshowers, but not much. Cindy and I stood outside the restaurant and noticed the same museum employee walking up the street toward us. That was when we realized we had asked Beth for the restroom directions! She had me completely fooled she was not a native Portuguese speaker. There were seven of us at lunch and it was great to meet so many kind and funny people. The food was almost as fantastic as the company. Thank you once again, Beth, for setting this up. ❤️ Cindy and I took another Uber down to Belem to see the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, but the internet was down and it took forever to get a Lisbon Card pass. Meanwhile it was pouring rain and I broke down and bought one of those cheap €5 umbrellas sold by a lone vender on the street. MISTAKE! Two minutes later the umbrella was inside out and looking like something from a cartoon. Cindy and I were quickly drenched and decided it would be better to return tomorrow. So we dried off in our hotel room, enjoyed a light dinner out, and watched the hundreds of people walk by. All of them soaking in Lisbon in their own way. An interesting observation by Cindy: We have been in a major European city for four days, surrounded by tourists and foreigners left and right, and we have not seen a single spy being chased by a band of villains. All those movies are a lie!
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Michael Butrovich
10/28/2023 05:44:57 pm
For those reading this who are not Talk The Street alumni, Beth Corrick is a fellow student of Liz Sharma's Portuguese class and community. She has gone out her way to organize gatherings for fellow students in an effort to create stronger bonds between the TTS community. Beth is a huge asset and appreciated by many of us.
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Dina M Campeau
10/31/2023 09:58:53 am
Add me to that list of people who share your assessment. And I am just loving your pics that accompany your descriptions about this very special adventure. Thanks for sharing them
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