Last weekend I finally had my
first international trip since I’m here: I visited Lisbon! :) It has been on my “bucket list” for quite a while,
but from Hungary tickets were always too expensive; so when I saw last month
that from here I could get cheap train tickets I decided that it’s time to go. :) The original idea was to visit a friend of mine
who lives there, but unfortunately he had to go on a business trip, so in the
end I couldn’t meet him. :(
Nevertheless I had a great time,
thanks to my CouchSurfing host Bruno. He not only took me around the city, but
we went to Sintra, Cabo da Roca and Cascais too. I also had the chance to
have lunch with his family which was a really great experience; I
could literally get a taste of the local culture. :)
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| Torre de Belém |
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| Praca de Comercio |
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| View of Lisbon from the castle |
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| The same view an hour later :) |
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| The castle |
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| Street art |
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| Sintra |
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| Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra |
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| Amazing view on the ocean from Cabo da Roca, the Westernmost point of Europe |
On my last day I took a free
walking tour as well in Lisbon (this is something I do in almost every city I visit). It was really cool, our guide Cuco was very funny and
the group was also so nice that in the end we decided to have lunch together. Speaking of food, the "national fish" in Portugal is the codfish - they have around 1000 different ways of preparing it. I tried only 3, but they were all delicious. :)
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| Rossio square with typical Portuguese pavement |
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| The famous tram 28 :) |
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| Cuco explaining how lazy people were to remove decorations after the last festival. :) |
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| Random street - down and up :) |
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| Sunset view from one of Lisbon's viewpoints |
