Our plane landed in Lisbon around 9 am. Feeling surprisingly refreshed we hailed a cab to our hotel, a short ride from the airport. Already it all seemsright. We couldn’t check into the hotel until 4Pm so after dropping our packs we started walking to the Meteo to take us to the cathedral where we pick up our credential for the Camino. Of course the circuitious streets led us in circles but then a man sitting in his car cane to our rescue. Rather than trying to explain the directions he suggested that we jump in his car and he would take us to the Roma Metro Starion. And so we did. (Note: we’re not in Kansas anymore).
The sun shone delightfully and the temperature was in the low 60s, just right for our first outdoor cafe lunch. Gazpacho with strawberry and an arugula (rocket) salad and the obligatory beer and wine.
Note: safe cities with public transportation - such a concept!
Fatigue started setting in so we returned to our hotel, settled in, washed the journey off and took a 2 hour nap. Then commenced our Sudoku travel planning to get us to Porto tomorrow by train and to a hotel. It’s a 2 1/2 hr ride.
Dinner was a 15 minute walk away. We wanted to go to Salsa & coentros but they were full until 10pm. This isn’t Spain so dinner happens earlier but evidently keeps on going!
We hope to make a reservation there for our Last Supper.
We’re ready to Camino.
Lunch time in the big square
The Credential is stamped from Lisbon. Costs 2 Euros each.
The Mercado we walked through
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