Sunday, May 3, 2009

Beautiful Lisbon

Sunday, April 26
Lisbon Portugal. I’m feeling a cold coming on so I bundle up and we head out at noon for a bus ride thru the countryside and seaside to the north. On the way thru Lisbon we pass by the Sana Estoril Hotel, the home of WWII espionage that spawned the James Bond stories. Again the amazing sea coast vistas and remnants of 2000 years of history. It’s nothing to see a high speed form of mass transit with a Roman aqueduct in the background. Sue seems to have found some things while making Portugal green {that’s husband talk for spontaneous consumption} she has been looking for for years. {wink-wink} {nod-nod}. Anybody out there got an extra charge card? Had another quaint outdoor lunch and beer in Cascais. In Sintra we stroll a cute little mountaintop village and Sue finally gets some popcorn from a street vendor. There was a lesson for life--the popcorn man was as happy as a clam and probably will live to 100. He was so happy he was giving away some of his popcorn to tourists who only had US dollars and not Euros. Not us –well maybe. It was sweet kettle corn but really hit the spot. Sue also experienced a very European custom that was recommended by a local couple. If you have to go to the bathroom and can’t find one just go behind a car on a side street. Which she did. That’s my girl. Bye the bye, here I was thinking no one was reading the blog and we finally stumbled onto where the comments are showing up so a belated thank you for enjoying our trip with us. To Ginger and Jill and their families, Gram and Barb, Uncle Vern, Cousins Helen-Mickey-John, Ben and Andrea, Erica, Mark Wick, Bob Bender, Darlene and John, Marv and Marie, Donna and Stan, Sharon Johnson, Jeff and Terry, Beth Good, Chris and Carrie, Dan Maki, Rick Lange, Mark Smith, Wendy Kroll, The Treadler???, Susan, and all those reading but not signed in. Since this travelogue is free and from around the whole world a 50 dollar donation to the Ron and Sue Charitable Trust would be greatly appreciated in small unmarked bills would be best. Now, I take some Airborne and hit the sheets.
Monday April 27
Day at sea: Cold and windy, everybody is taking whatever they take for motion sickness. Buckle up the hatches boys we’re in for a blow. Finally finished my second book ; Sue, her 6th. Trying to get some pictures of the storm but all the outside decks are closed. So I take some thru salt streaked Plexiglas. Yuk.

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