Day 20
So we wake up at 6am lisbon time (1Am Toronto time) hjave quick showers and wait for a cab in the hotel lobby. We get to the train station at 630 have a coffee and snack and wait for our 7:19 train to lisbon.
i have to say taking the train is always worth the first class price difference... there's plenty of room and service is good... I get a paper from the steward and read ... he takes our breakfast orders and within 30 minutes our food arrives. It helps make the 3 hour ride to Lisbon a little smoother especially knowing i'm going to a place i really dislike... That's right i'm still bitching about Lisbon... ever since that bird pooped on me i was in a foul mood about the place and the STENCH!
We make it to Lisbon with plenty of time to spare so we put our baggage in a locker and head out to the Vasco De Gamma shopping centre... we go in almost all the stores and buy nothing... even at H&M where i tried on a few sweaters. we grab some food and decide we should go head to the airport.
We arrive at the airport and check in it only takes like 15 minutes so we think we are great on time... what i didn't know was that european airports on the mainland have much more checkpoints before you make it to your gate to load the plane. I go for smoke and then decide we should head in... my goodness... talk about line ups, we spiraled through the first line in just under an hour.... while we waited a lady fainted behind us and the first aid responders came... it was really hot and one line for the whole terminal... FML... we make it through the line and get split up again there are 8 line ups for the metal detectors... we just waited in line to get into the line we needed to wait again...WTF.
Finally land of the airport gates... we decide to go to duty free and i get a carton of butts. Get some coffee ice cream and chips and make our way... gate 41A... 16.17.18.19. and then 20-65 had to go through customs cause they were international gates... again another spiraling line up SHEESH. 35 mins and we make it through and just in time to grab water before they were calling our boarding... we get on the bus to the plane.... i don't know why, but they could've taxied the plane right to the gate and didn't... we get in our seats Aisle 15 all four seats :) and we make the long 8 hour journey to Pearson.
We arrive and outside is my friends Dave and Brad with my precious puppy moxy in the car waiting to take us home... we load up and drive DT... It's nice to be home. I miss the family and friends i made while i was there.... maybe i'll go back soon... I may continue with the blog a bit more there seems to be alot of people reading it ... so far in 3 weeks i've gotten just under 500 hits. Pretty good and i enjoyed reading your comments and emails... and suggestions for the trip. I'll post some pictures as soon as i go through them... maybe i'll do a slide show thingy with some tunes.
Peace out
B
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