Lisbon, Portugal

Our second port was Lisbon Portugal. We did our own thing that day. We decided to go around the city using the trams and trolleys. They were pretty cool, and a little disconcerting on a few of the streets. The main one we took aoround the city was a single car and it would go up steep hills and really narrow streets.

We visited a couple of places. The first was the Castle of St. George. It was a medieval castle that they restored. We had to walk a bit to get to it, but it was worth it. From there, we took the trolley all over town, got lost, and then got back to where we needed to be.

One of the other sites we wanted to see (that was open) was the San Roque church. It was supposed to be pretty impressive, so we walked up a VERY steep hill for quite a way to get there. It wasn't really worth the walk! We then found some stairs to go down.

From there, we took a tram to a little town called Belem that has a beautiful monastery that we wanted to see. It was incredible - from the outside. See, we visited Lisbon on Monday, when virtually EVERYTHING is closed- all of the museums, most monuments, most churches, etc.

It was a fun day nonetheless. I think it would have been more memorable if it would have been ANY day other than Monday. You would think that the cruise line would know that as everyone else did and changed the itinerary. Thanks Holland America!
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