the hardest part was letting go not taking part.
July 7, 2008
were leaving at 8:30 am - we put all our food and drinks at the top of the car to make some more room for robbo - coz hes complaining that his legs hurt of the small space hahahaha hahahahahahahaha.
we got lost getting out of the campsite - damn it - one man motioned for us to go straight - yeah right - straight to dead end! hahahahahahah hahahahahaha.
at the camp entrace - it would open at 9 am! dammit - so we have to wait for 30 minutes - so while waiting - we ate some breakfast. our itinerary for today was to go to lisbon then to lagos in the algarve. it was still 300 kms to go to lisbon.
we had to pay tolls again - and were a little bit pissed off of that - its ripping our pool money apart. we had to stop 2x since lori and me needed toilets :D hahaha and for our lunch and for ben just to rest for a while :(
we were at lisbon at about 1:30 pm - we got fucking lost again - as signs are so rare in portugal - sure theres a sign to lisbon and all that - but once we got there - theres nothing to direct us! we lost a good hour - just to find where the center of lisbon was.
after some turning and more turning - we finally found centro and made our way to to plaza pombal where a massive huge monument was! hahahahahahahaha we were so amazed how huge it was and of course took pictures of it! lori doenst want to spend much time in lisbon, our main thing was just to buy presents for the grandal-caneiro family.
at the very entrance to the old part of lisbon, we saw a souvenir shop and contemplated what kind of gifts shoud we buy for the family - lori said a vase to put flowers - but hmmmmmmmmmm i dont like it haha it doenst seem imaginative enough for me. we took a look about stuffs and we still hadnt decided. i bought some ref magnets for mama, she would kill me if i didnt hahahahahahaa.
the old part of lisbon was stunning! lisbon reminded me alot of athens - thats what robbo thought too! but lisbon has many wide avenues, trees and spaces than athens - but it has the athensy feeling to it.
we didnt wandered further from the plaza - since we dont have much time - so of course :D rubs, lori and me went to mcdonalds - fast! because we need fast food and hahhanh brought some fresh pastries and bread from a portuguese bakery because shes vegetarian.
after milling around in the plaza - we went back and i thought of a perfect gift for the family - since the family lives near thea - and pablo works in the spanish navy - a miniature sailboat will be a perfect gift! :D
so we bought it, and i asked the lovely girl where is the nearest metro going to pombal and she directed me to it - paid the metro - a bit expensive in lisbon 1.30 something (but nothing can match in düsseldorf! hahah 2.10 cents) hahahahahaha.
when were trying to get our of lisbon - we have to pass the bridge 25 de abril bridge - it was hell massive and modeled after the golden gate bridge in san fran and a miniature statue of christ like the one they have in corcovado in rio de janeiro.
it was ANOTHER TOLL AGAIN TO PAY. we have to collect again 20 euros from each of us. our money is going fast and we dont really have a target where to go - i mean to lagos and all but we will see when we get there. ben was also tired now, he was complaining a little bit.
it was really hard to leave lisbon withouht seeing much fo the city! i mean - its realyl beautiful, interesting and with magnificent architectures and edifices - i regreted that we didnt spend much time - i feel the city hadnt even sunked into me yet :(
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robbo and me! a rare moment! hahaha
