First Days in Lisbon, Portugal!!!

 Hey guys, after 6 1/2 hours of layover, 6 1/2 hours of flight and 1 hour of claiming luggage, we finally made it to Portugal The first thing we did was meet up with Victor Mama. After that we went to the metro to get to our hostel and the first thing I saw was a poster for

Hotel Transylvania 2. 

 We got settled at the hostel and then we went out to

explore and after Victor Mama told                          us some boring history we noticed a "Tuk                             Tuk" that looked like an auto rickshaw.

 After a couple metro rides and a commuter train ride, we got to a touristy place and it had a statue of Henry

the Navigator, 

 and a monastery/church.

 

Luis Vas de Camoes's grave( luiz vash thi camoeish) 

 we saw a cool stain glass window in the church part.

 

 These are two cloths with the symbol of the Knights Templar.

 

 I noticed that the ceiling of the church is beautiful. It's made of interconnected circles 

 Mom and Victormama took a tour around the building while I took a picture of the doorway to the building.

 

 Across the street there was a lemonade stand. It was freshly made lemonade so I took a picture of the huge lemons. They're bigger than the oranges!

 

 We got the lemonade, but when I took a sip, it was completely bitter. So we asked if she had sugar, and she pointed to the side of the cart and there were dispensers of mint, ginger, green tea and regular sugar syrup. I mixed mint and regular sugar syrup. 

 Next to the lemonade stand there was a beer stand. And Victormama became interested. He ended up getting a Super Bock, which is a local Lisbon beer.

 

 

  Next to the monastery, there was a fountain with a bunch of weird birds resting. We didn't know if it was a duck or a goose or turkey.

 To get across the road to the Monument of the Discoveries, we went underground and we heard this really loud music. When we got to the end of the tunnel, there was a man playing an accordion. We

gave him some money and I took a picture. 

This is the Monument to the Discoveries. 

 

The Monument shows a sword and a cross, on the front is a ship, conquering everything. This is because the Portuguese conquered lots of places in the world. 

 In front of the Monument was the world showing what they conquered.

 

 On the sides of the Monument there are lines of people that sailed to places that they conquered like Vasco de Gama. On the front is Henry the Navigator,

who never actually went anywhere. 

 It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a birdplane!

 

 Just fishing on the River Tejo

 

 On the River Tejo is the Tower of Belem. I got this really nice picture with the land, the side and rocks.

 

 This is my first meal in Portugal. A cheese sandwich!

 

 We went back to the fountain and I snapped a picture of two horses that looked like chess pieces.

 

Another shot of the Monastery from afar. 

After that it was time for dessert and so we got these custard cups, from the original and famous place that makes them. 

Then we took a trolley back to the city to eat dinner.