Fourth Day in Lisbon

On our last full day in Lisbon we headed back to the Oceanário de Lisboa - the largest indoor aquarium in Europe.
It was a great place to visit

A sea anemon

Jelly fish

A sea dragon

The actic section

Another jelly fish

Mia and the mascot of the aquarium:

The aquarium building from the cable car when we took short ride along the shore

In the evening we discovered a large Christmas market at the Parque Eduardo VII

Entering the Wonderland

Pina Colada

Mia liked the apple fritter

Decoration for the new year at the the Marquês de Pombalsquare

Third Day in Lisbon

The next morning we headed to the Cais des Sodré a big train station by the river to check out the famois indoor food market next door the Mercado da Ribeira

 

The market was verz busy and had lots of coices

Many jummy dishes

Then we explore the nearby neighborhood of the Barrio Alto

Then we took the metro to a modern neigborhood in the north east that was the site of the World's fair in 1998. There is a great aquarium and a cable car which we were going to explore the next day

 There is also a hughe shopping mall and an indoor arena for sport and music events

Second Day in Lisbon

Before Ji's friend left by train for Porto we met at a café next to the small train station. Ji also tried a glass of ginjinha a traditional Portugues liquor

After she left Mia turned into a tour guide and too us with the help of Google via bus all over town to the large Jesus statue across the river. It was inspired by the famous one in Rio de Janeiro

From there one had a great view of the city and the bridge that loos a bit like the golden Gate bridge. Different from the counterpart in California this one has a lower deck for trains.

Another long bus trip guided by Mia we made it the famous tower in Belém that was build at a watch tower by the river

We stayed a bit at the park and watched the beautiful sunset

Then we walked in the dusk toward the monument that was set up for the Portuguese explorers that took of from Lisbon to explore the world - Vaco de Gama is one one of them

The uniqueness of the Manueline style, also known as late Portuguese gothic, can be found in all its glory at Jerónimos Monastery - a short walk from the monument

We then walked towards Belem to the bakery that offers the Pastéis de Belém.- with a long line even in the evening.

First Day in Lisbon

After a nice breakfast at our hotel we stopped at a bakery for some Pastel de Nata - a traditional pastry.

Then we took a bus to the historic center on the waterfront - the Praça do Comércio

Time for a break

Busy streets in the center

We took a bus to the castle St. Jorge that was was an Arbal fortress 1000 years ago and is overlooking the old town

We met Ji's friend who happened to be in Lisbon as well by coincidence. She had made reservation for dinner on the evening of her birthday

A walk through the Baixa Chiado neighborhood

After a drink at midnight with the birthday girl we tried some fashionable glasses without glasses: