Traveling through Dublin with Heather reminded me of how I
like best to see a city. It consists of two parts—the wandering and the eating.
The key to wandering is that you need to roughly have in mind a few things that
you’d like to see, but you can’t be to attached to seeing any of these things.
You also have to be open to changing plans completely if something more
interesting catches your eye. When it comes to eating, what works best is never
eating a full meal—only small snacks. Doing this means that you can spend the
entire day wandering and stopping at cafes, bars, patisseries that speak to
you. For example in Dublin, Heather and I spent a day snacking and our spread
out meal looked like this: Stop 1—homemade grainy bread, Stop 2—half a goat
cheese panini, Stop 3—hot chocolate, Stop 4-cheese, Stop 5—cider, and so on.
On the first day in Lisbon, I was lucky enough to travel with two friends, Rimo and Judy, in the same style. Here is where our
wandering took us:
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| A gorgeous view of the city. Our ship is just to the right of this picture. |
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| A stop at a church in Alfama, the historic section of Lisbon |
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| A ride on Tram 28 |
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| 11'oclock Nata (custard tart) and coffee break |
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| Lots of climbing up stairs (and never going down them) |
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| Shopping at a bookstore the size of a closet |
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| An elevator designed by the architect who designed the Eiffel Tower |
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| A train ride to Cascais, a nearby beach town. Judy and I decided that this would be a perfect way to spend the afternoon |
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A walk to the ocean
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| A stop for a fruit smoothie in a cafe promising a rooftop deck |
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| Fresh grilled fish |
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| A sunset on the beach to end the day |
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