DAY 6 : PORTUGAL : LISBON

Weather : cool with rainy afternoon : 16o

Delicious breakfast at Casa do Patio.

Home-made pastries and jams.

 

Taking the 28 Tram

Inside the 28 Tram. It rings the

city.

Tuesday flea market near St Vicente

de Fora monastery.

Characters at the market

Old tiles for sale.

Beautifully tiled houses nearby.

The courtyard of the Museum of Portuguese

Decorative Arts. This was an old stately home

in excellent condition with classic furniture

and furnishings.

 

We visited the castle high on one of the hilltops.

Well-documented articles dating back to the

Iron Age in the museum.

 

Panoramic views of the city.

An uninvited (persistent) luncheon guest -

one of the many peacocks roaming around

the castle.

Police using segways as transport in the city

centre.

Celtic supporters from Oban flood

 the city before the big game tonight

 

 We had an authentic Indian meal at a local Goan

 restaurant. No mean feat finding it and finding

our way home through the myriad of alleyways.

Goa, as you know, was a Portuguese colony

and this family came to Portugal 30 years ago,

when they opened the restaurant, and are now

struggling with the economic crisis.

 

 

 





 



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