Day 49 - Lisboa

I think now we are just waiting for our flight home. 50 days is a long time to be away.

Last night when I was ready to sleep I turned off the TV. A big puff and the light went out. Today I learned that it was not only in our room but the whole floor. This morning our phones would not charge with our adapter. Brenda cannot live without her phone so after breakfast we wall to "El corte inglés" (equivalent to The Bay) and bought a new adapter.

We walked through the park Alfonso VII up the hill. From the top of the park there is a nice view of the city.

Later we went to the Natural History Museum. Today's happen to be free entrance so that was a bonus. The museum is housed in an old building which I think belongs to the university. They have exhibits on dinosaurs, geology, animals, math and geometry, math games, physics, etc. They have a lot of really old things. There is a chemistry lab and a very old university classroom. It was very interesting.

After the museums we found a restaurant in a park a couple of blocks away. The weather was comfortable and the food was good.

We decided we would just walk around the rest of the afternoon. Always shooting for the 15 km. So we walked and we found the convent of San Pedro. It is open for visitors. I don't really know if it is still used as a church but it looks like it could be. It was quiet in there so we prayed our rosary and then we spent some time admiring the religious art.

Right in front of the convent there is a lookout. We were pretty high so we had a view of a very large part of the city.

There is a tram that goes down a very steep street so we walked down. It was a bit slippery with my shoes so I had to go very slow. That street took us down to the centre of the city.

We continued walking down until we got the the plaça de comercio and the river Tejo. Finally we walked back to the hotel through the most touristy part of town.

And by the way, we did make the 15 km.

San Pedro de Alcantara, Franciscan friar and mentor of Santa Teresa de Avila, pray for us.