Thursday, November 25, 2010

Lisbon Farewell

Alan has been very ill in the night, so didn’t get up at all and we asked for an extension on check out time. Eventually, he recovered enough for us to pack up, leave the bags with the concierge and go out for a walk. We headed over to the Alfama district, wandering around the narrow winding streets of what used to be the city of the Moors, under the castle. All that was lost in the 1755 earthquake, but the ‘new’ buildings occupied the same narrow streets that made the Kasbah. It was very interesting to see the village like areas with small shops, washing hung at windows and across streets, the stairways and glimpses of the river form tiny terraces. But Alan needed a sit down, so we made our way back to Bairro Alto and the Café Brasileira for refreshments. This was our last stop before we went back to the hotel to await the driver to take us off to the airport and home.

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