Thursday, October 3, 2019

Day 39 - Quiet down, amigos

A nice 30 minute walk from our Airbnb through the streets of Lisbon brought us to the Camoe Monument which was the meeting point for the walking tour. We were split up into groups first by language and then by size. It was very difficult to hear as there were groups of uni students singing at the top of the voices - something to do with the beginning of the uni year - and lots of traffic. Throughout the walking tour we also had to contend with the Spanish group who are loud at the best of times but now the the tour guide had a microphone as well, something they didn't really need.
After the tour we walked along the foreshore to the Time Out market hall which was basically an over crowded tourist food court. Deciding against paying the tourist premium we found a nice small cafe where S and K ordered caipirinhas, and M tried the local Arroz de Pato (Duck Rice) for lunch. 

We then joined the ridiculously long queue for the number 28 tram, a tourist tram route through many neighborhoods of Lisbon. The final tram stop was in front of the cemetery where we found ourselves a possible hour's walk from where we wanted to be, so after calling a very cheap Uber we were dropped off at the Topo Martim Moniz rooftop bar where more caipirinhas were consumed as we enjoyed the view. 


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