The fish and chips were delicious. When I get back, one of who who is reading this will have to get fish and chips with me states side...OK?
On Friday night, Cristine, Melanie and I went to a concert by candlelight at St. Martin's Church in the city. I cannot describe the wonderful feeling of sitting in the church listening to live music that makes ones soul at ease at its beautiful sound. Live chamber music is lovely. Corny....I know.
Today is Saturday and we are going about the West End of town, hopefully people watching and window shopping. This is my only Saturday in town and it is a lovely day.
Talk soon
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
London
So it is my third day in London and I am staying with my cousin.
She lives along the Thames and thus far I have visited:
The London Eye
Greenwich
The Royal Obervatory
The Martime Museum
The Queen’s House (which is not really her house)
TATE Modern
I must say it is a switch to go from hostel to staying with someone I know. I am relishing the home cooked meals and not having to lug everything around with me.
Today, I will be trekking back to the TATE and then hopefully getting some fish and chips! Oh, yes!
She lives along the Thames and thus far I have visited:
The London Eye
Greenwich
The Royal Obervatory
The Martime Museum
The Queen’s House (which is not really her house)
TATE Modern
I must say it is a switch to go from hostel to staying with someone I know. I am relishing the home cooked meals and not having to lug everything around with me.
Today, I will be trekking back to the TATE and then hopefully getting some fish and chips! Oh, yes!
Worst Blogger EVER...and speller too
I am the worst blogger in the world. My apologies for the sporadic entries.
So after Fatima, I went to an area in Lisbon called Belem. It is by the coast and it had a couple of attractions that I wanted to visit. The first was an old monastery..St. Jerome….which was beautiful! The museum of art, which was great too. And lastly, was a pastry shop that sold the little crème cakes that Lisbon is famous for…WORTH THE TRIP by itself. My tummy was happy.
The next day I trekked out with my friend Georg to the Oceanario on the opposite end of the coast. It was situated in the 1999 or 1998 Lisbon World Expo Village. Amazing place and very HUGE.
My last full day in Lisbon, Georg and I went to a region called Cintra…this is probably the most beautiful part of my trip. We visited a castle and Pena Palace. I full day of hiking up a mountain and then walking down. Needless to say, the day was very full and we were famished by the end of the day. We headed to the train station and decided to end our day with Pizza Hut. Yes, I think some of you may cringe, but it was very satisfying. We shared a Cheesy Bites Pizza with Shrimp and Pineapple. HAHAHA
Waking up the next morning, I was dreading the flight out of Lisbon. I had half a morning left, so I head to San Jorge Castle about 5 minutes from the hostel and took in Lisbon one last time.
I took the number 44 bus to the airport and waited for my flight to board.
So after Fatima, I went to an area in Lisbon called Belem. It is by the coast and it had a couple of attractions that I wanted to visit. The first was an old monastery..St. Jerome….which was beautiful! The museum of art, which was great too. And lastly, was a pastry shop that sold the little crème cakes that Lisbon is famous for…WORTH THE TRIP by itself. My tummy was happy.
The next day I trekked out with my friend Georg to the Oceanario on the opposite end of the coast. It was situated in the 1999 or 1998 Lisbon World Expo Village. Amazing place and very HUGE.
My last full day in Lisbon, Georg and I went to a region called Cintra…this is probably the most beautiful part of my trip. We visited a castle and Pena Palace. I full day of hiking up a mountain and then walking down. Needless to say, the day was very full and we were famished by the end of the day. We headed to the train station and decided to end our day with Pizza Hut. Yes, I think some of you may cringe, but it was very satisfying. We shared a Cheesy Bites Pizza with Shrimp and Pineapple. HAHAHA
Waking up the next morning, I was dreading the flight out of Lisbon. I had half a morning left, so I head to San Jorge Castle about 5 minutes from the hostel and took in Lisbon one last time.
I took the number 44 bus to the airport and waited for my flight to board.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Fatima
Our journey to Fatima started with a walk to the Metro. We went about 10mins to our stop called Jardim Zooligico to catch the bus that would take us the rest of the way. The bus ride took 1 1/2 hours. We arrived and the weather was a bit cooler than in Lisbon. Fatima was a quiet and reverent place. There were many people but it seems that it was not as commercialized as Lourdes.
We took a little mini train that toured you around the city and maybe halfway in the journey one of the girls realized her camera was missing! Ah, the adventure begins...we hailed the different trains, went to the lost and found, retraced our steps, went even to the police station...of course, no luck. She had 3 days/countries worth of photos in the camera and she was sad about the loss. At least it wasn´t her passport.
That evening I downloaded all my photos and video to my hard drive.
We took a little mini train that toured you around the city and maybe halfway in the journey one of the girls realized her camera was missing! Ah, the adventure begins...we hailed the different trains, went to the lost and found, retraced our steps, went even to the police station...of course, no luck. She had 3 days/countries worth of photos in the camera and she was sad about the loss. At least it wasn´t her passport.
That evening I downloaded all my photos and video to my hard drive.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
From LAX to Lisbon
Hola, Everyone! I have made it to Lisbon.
My flights over were good for the most part. Mostly peaceful except for the New York to Madrid leg where a little toddler seemed to be ill and nothing seemed to make her better. I felt very sorry for the mom and baby and for everyone in the plane. Needless to say it was a sleepless flight and by the time the plane landed we just wanted to get off it. That flight was a little late and so when we landed in Madrid it was a mad dash to the connecting gate. I~m amazed I made it. I honestly have to credit whoever was in charge of the airport signage. Amazing! Easy to follow and easy to read from very far far away.
Lisbon is beautiful and a lovely city. Not too busy and full of old world charm. From the airport I took a bus to the city center and checked into my hostel. WOW. I highly recommend this hostel to anyone who will be traveling to Lisbon. Very clean, secure, helpful staff. The location is literally walking distance from many of the city attractions. The transportation system is easy to use and I have taken the buses, trams and metro...and of course walking walking walking.
The first day I had a couple hours to spend before I could check in so I walked around the city a little bit and tried to get familiar with the surrounding area.
Of course I was a little thirsty so I popped into a little shop and ordered (by the means of pointing and garbled english) an Orange Fanta Soda. Man, Fanta saves lives.
Then after my soda pop I wandered some more and found a gelato shop (a good sign anywhere in the world, i think) and got a limon gelato on a cone. I headed back to the hostel, checked-in and took a shower!
After the shower, it was still early so I walked around, bought postcards and got a sandwich at a shop below the hostel. Yum.
Came back in and I was doing some journaling and I met two girls who were also traveling. One was already 1 month into her travels and the other 2 weeks! After some chit chatting, I told them my plans to go to Fatima and guess what they were interested in going with me! So we made plans to meet up the next morning.
By this time, I am ready for bed... so I made sure my things were secure and called it a night.
p.s.
the photos and video will have to follow..i have downloaded them but I have found that it is finding the time to upload them that takes time.
My flights over were good for the most part. Mostly peaceful except for the New York to Madrid leg where a little toddler seemed to be ill and nothing seemed to make her better. I felt very sorry for the mom and baby and for everyone in the plane. Needless to say it was a sleepless flight and by the time the plane landed we just wanted to get off it. That flight was a little late and so when we landed in Madrid it was a mad dash to the connecting gate. I~m amazed I made it. I honestly have to credit whoever was in charge of the airport signage. Amazing! Easy to follow and easy to read from very far far away.
Lisbon is beautiful and a lovely city. Not too busy and full of old world charm. From the airport I took a bus to the city center and checked into my hostel. WOW. I highly recommend this hostel to anyone who will be traveling to Lisbon. Very clean, secure, helpful staff. The location is literally walking distance from many of the city attractions. The transportation system is easy to use and I have taken the buses, trams and metro...and of course walking walking walking.
The first day I had a couple hours to spend before I could check in so I walked around the city a little bit and tried to get familiar with the surrounding area.
Of course I was a little thirsty so I popped into a little shop and ordered (by the means of pointing and garbled english) an Orange Fanta Soda. Man, Fanta saves lives.
Then after my soda pop I wandered some more and found a gelato shop (a good sign anywhere in the world, i think) and got a limon gelato on a cone. I headed back to the hostel, checked-in and took a shower!
After the shower, it was still early so I walked around, bought postcards and got a sandwich at a shop below the hostel. Yum.
Came back in and I was doing some journaling and I met two girls who were also traveling. One was already 1 month into her travels and the other 2 weeks! After some chit chatting, I told them my plans to go to Fatima and guess what they were interested in going with me! So we made plans to meet up the next morning.
By this time, I am ready for bed... so I made sure my things were secure and called it a night.
p.s.
the photos and video will have to follow..i have downloaded them but I have found that it is finding the time to upload them that takes time.
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