Lisbon! It's the capital of Portugal and was, for a long time, one of the world's most powerful cities. We went sight-seeing for a while the first day and explored a huge monastery with beautiful structuring, as well as one of the cities old protective fortresses, the Tower of Belem. That evening, we all went out to eat at a Brazilian meat house. I don't think I've ever eaten so much meat, not even during the Labor Day Goat Cook-Off in Brady! The black beans and rice with fried bananas were absolutely delicious as well.
The rest of the weekend was spent visiting the largest aquarium in Europe, a zoo that specified in African and Asian animals, seeing some old castles, checking out restaurants and doing a bit of shopping. All in all, a great weekend.
Tower of Belem!
Playing look-out, holding down the fort (literally).
Know whose dead body that is? Vasca De Gama!
Some of that really delicous food I mentioned, as well as some pretty terrific company.
Beautiful pictures. Lisboa is really cool!! Miss you.
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