4:30pm - back at the apartment keeping my fingers crossed that we're using the washing machine correctly! Set out around 8:30 this morning, took the green subway line from Rossio to Campo Grande to catch the 9:30 bus to Obidos, but we had trouble finding the right bus stop. Wandered around for about 15 minutes getting increasingly annoyed before we finally asked other drivers and they pointed us in the right direction. Took the coach, which takes an hour and costs 7.60 each way.
Obidos is an adorable little whitewashed village encircled by walls, with a high castle, touristy shops, and picturesque cobblestone streets. it reminds me of every little adorable over-touristed town in Italy. Worth the visit, but not much to do. Restaurant menus have things like spaghetti bolognese and lasagna and terrible looking pizza.
We wandered around for a few hours and I grabbed a sandwich. We caught the 1:15pm bus back to Lisbon and made it just in time before our LisboaCard expired to use the metro back to Rossio. We then wandered around a bit and I got some ridiculous looking pastries to take on the train to Porto tomorrow. Now it's packing and laundry time (we hope!!) before an early dinner.
10:15pm - back after an early dinner and some packing. Our laundry endeavor was an adventure, it took 140 minutes of drying to get even remotely dry clothes. But at least I have a suitcase full of clean clothes, which is amazing!
We went early to A Taberna da Rua days Flores, a little Tasca I had read about many places. We got there about 6:50 and there was already a half hour wait, but we were willing to eat on these little steps with cushions so we did not have to wait! We got a few different things, including Iberian pork, stir-fried veggies, fried goat cheese (yep, I still hate goat cheese), and some kind of white fish. I actually ate a few bites of it. All the food was so good, just such good quality, and the service was fantastic. I had a flourless chocolate cake thing for dessert. The total wasn't even bad, 55 euros total including wine for some really high-quality and traditional food. Well worth the splurge!
Today's totals on this "easy" day - 16,576 steps, 6.59 miles, and 38 floors.
Tomorrow it is off to Porto!
10:15pm - back after an early dinner and some packing. Our laundry endeavor was an adventure, it took 140 minutes of drying to get even remotely dry clothes. But at least I have a suitcase full of clean clothes, which is amazing!
We went early to A Taberna da Rua days Flores, a little Tasca I had read about many places. We got there about 6:50 and there was already a half hour wait, but we were willing to eat on these little steps with cushions so we did not have to wait! We got a few different things, including Iberian pork, stir-fried veggies, fried goat cheese (yep, I still hate goat cheese), and some kind of white fish. I actually ate a few bites of it. All the food was so good, just such good quality, and the service was fantastic. I had a flourless chocolate cake thing for dessert. The total wasn't even bad, 55 euros total including wine for some really high-quality and traditional food. Well worth the splurge!
Today's totals on this "easy" day - 16,576 steps, 6.59 miles, and 38 floors.
Tomorrow it is off to Porto!
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