Day 15 In Lisbon 11-9-10

Day 15 - Lisbon

So today was very sad.We left the island of Pico and came to lisbon. What made it sad was having to say goodbyes, especially my grandmother.

We were at the airport by 10am and the Diana and Cristina met us there. Also my aunt Paula and Renata showed up to say farewell.

The flight to Lisbon was not bad at all and the view from the plane was overwhelming. It kinda dwarf's Toronto by a long shot. We checked in to the Lisbon Dream Guesthouse and realized there was only one queen bed for our room we are taking it for the night since i'm sure there will hardly be any sleep with the lineup we have planned for tonight and be switching rooms in the morning. We got set up with the buzz code and internet access right away and without any setbacks we decided to make a trip and get aquainted with the city.

My first reaction, on foot, was moderately good... within 15 minutes of leaving the hotel i got shat on by a pidgeon. Some of you will say it's good luck but it's not you that got shit on.  As we continued around the city i noticed that this city has an infestation of pidgeon even more than i've seen in Toronto. We walked into a classy hotel with shit on my shoulder and back pack strap and made my way to the bathroom to clean up.  At this point i'm so not impressed. I clean up and thankfully for the blow dryers i was able to leave as if nothing happened to one of my favorite shirts.

We walk down Russio and over to an esplanade and we have some delicious treats.  Natas and queijadas. GUESS WHAT!!!???!!! STARBUCKS. Venti Americano i say and i proudly make my way around dt Lisbon coffee in hand. Justin and walk around snapping pictures every once in a while. and i have to say in about a 30 minute walk i was offered Hash, Cocaine and Pot about a dozen times for sale of course. I kindly declined and continued on my merry way. Now prior to coming to Lisbon i had high expectations and still do. As most of you know i'm a very difficult person to please.  We sat for a bit watching some skateboarders failed attempts at ollying off a raised platform. We didn't even make to the water and there was a horrible stench. I have never smelled anything like it's. It's worse than Spadina and Dundas(Toronto's Chinatown) on a hot summers day. When we finally got to the water i totally understood why. There were like a million fish schooling around on the shoreline... and it was just disgusting.

At this point the sun is setting and i manage to take a few good pictures thankfully they are not scratch and sniff...i almost regret leaving the beautiful island of Pico to come here.

Before posting this blog i though i should give this city another chance. I'm not all that impressed.