We have had a wonderful last sunny week of our trip in
Lisbon, cleaning and putting Cara Mara to bed for the winter and enjoying the
sights of this lovely city.
Cara Mara is now out of the water in across the river in the
care of Rafael the owner of the Tagus Yacht Centre, who has a long list of jobs
to do before spring.
Pat flew home on the 26th and Dave and Wendy have
had two nights in "The House", a great little boutique hotel, which is in the older part of
the city, a complete contrast to the marina, which was in a very modern area
developed for Expo 98. Lisbon is a very old city, settled before the Romans,
with influences of the Moors; it’s fascinating to wander through areas of
really good modern architecture and contrast with narrow Moorish streets. Of
course the whole city is dominated by the river and we are looking forward to
seeing more, before we set of down it, when we come back in the spring.
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| Lisbon has a great public transport system, we have used buses, trains, metro, water taxi's and a modern tram but the most fun are these old tram cars which make their way up impossibly steep hills |
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| The castle, the river and one of the many steep hills |
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| Lisbon has many beautiful churches, the Basilica Estrela is very close to our hotel |
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| Lisbon commissions street art on prominent redundant buildings, much more fun than graffiti |
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| The monument to Portugal's golden age of world exploration, one part of the public riverfront which makes Lisbon such a lovely city |
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| The Praca do Comercio, one of the largest public squares in Europe is very reminiscent of Venice |
This is the last post of the blog of our 2197 mile trip from
Preston; many thanks to Michael, Stuart, Paul, Biddy, Darren, Mary, Cleo , Pat
and of course our own Chris, who have helped
us on our way and been such good
company.
