Thursday, February 28, 2008

Day 14 continues

Our lunch finished, and a break in the downpour gives us hope for the afternoon. Guess what? we buy an umbrella hoping it will be the talisman to keep the rain away. Dream on...
Dh had spotted something so we ride another form of transport..a funicular.Funicular driver Up we go
Up top but I have no intention of walking DOWN that hill. We passed on the walk down
So let's look around and see what's up here...aha! a miradouro! Just like Spain! A Miradouro!
and what a view!Looking across the city
We see across the city to the Castle of Saint George, but there's those pesky clouds. Miroadouro view

Waling through the Barrio Alto, we're getting hungry but it's too early and places aren't open.
Adega machado Food and music

But bookstores are open
Interesting translation of "The Other Boleyn Girl"
And the sky gets darker.
Clouds again
This was a constant of our week in Portugal, cloud, rain, sun all taking turns and changing continuously. It was interesting weather and not really bad as a whole.

While we won't be hearing any fado at night any more than we were asleep long before the flamenco shows in Spain, we do spot this...Fado on Demand. ;-) cFado on call
Dh has also spotted this..and elevador
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So we ride up into the air.

And OH! the views, like a fairy tale city.
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Seeing the cathedral and Alfama from here and down into Rossio Rossio

But that man says we can go higher!
I know him...
Just breathtaking and what a blessing to have this light.
Looking toward Castelo de Sao Jorge From Santa Justa

I'm not so good at the long arm pictures.
Cutting him out :-(
But look what we see on our walk out from the top of the Elevador Santa Catarina
after we take this bridge back to terra firma
Bridge from Elevador Santa Justa
The Archaeological Museum now abuts Santa Catarina but night is drawing near and serious dinner pangs are crying out.
I have a simple pork cutlets
My pork cutlets
and dh has grouper
His Grouper

Time to head north on the metro and hopefully stop for a galao and pasteis. A good day and bed sounds even better.

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