Lost in Lisbon
After almost 30 hours of no sleep, I arrived in Lisbon at 6 am. Wide eyed and exhausted trying to find the bus to my hostel. The people in front of me ended up needing the same bus and even paid for my ticket. After the bus I walked up a street that felt like a mountain. When I showed up at 7 am they told me I couldn’t check in until 3 pm. There was no way. I felt drugged from a night after a rave. I really needed to lay down. Miracles happened and they gave me a bed 6 hours early. I was so thankful.
After I got to sleep off the day I was able to literally wander around the city. I wanted to see the Time Out Market and finally found my way. It reminded me of a mosh pit. Almost like I was back at a festival. I still wasn’t awake. I wondered why people were packed into this market waiting at least 35-40 minutes for food. I ended up picking up food from the shortest line and it honestly was awful. I decided to pick up a coffee a pastry on the way out and it ended up being ten times better than my food.
I got to spend time on the Terrace that evening waiting for my friend to arrive and talking to a boy from Argentina. He told me how he lives on the beaches of Brazil with his dog and traveled around. He spent over a year traveling on his bike camping and meeting people who invited him into their homes.
I was ready for my friend to arrive and tour the city together. We ended up finding some good spots to eat and drink. We stumbled upon a tapas restaurant with typical Portuguese dishes. They were in fact delicious along with the verde (green) wine.
The next day we had a free tour around the city with a lovely Portuguese lady who is a history teacher. She showed us the ins-and-outs of the town and brought us to some of the best view points.
We were super hungry after our tour and found a beautiful restaurant in the middle of a brick road street. We found out their speciality was sardines and I felt sick thinking about it. I absolutely love fish, but I am normally not a fan. The people next to us from Italy were raving about their 3 orders of fish. I told them I was scared to try it and they insisted I taste one of theirs. I will try anything once so I went for it. And I was shocked. I absolutely loved it.
My favorite part of the city was finding the sunset at one of the peaks. They turn their Chistmas Market into a summer market with fresh sangrias, beer, and cocktails. There’s a DJ there every night and everyone drinks and dances into the evening. It’s a lovely crowd every night and I really enjoyed the energy and people we met.
I was ready to have some drinks by the ocean for the last night and prepare for the trip to Madeira. I was excited to go to the Hawaii of Europe. Get ready to read my adventures of the beautiful volcanic Island.
