We arrived at Lisbon at noon today and went on a 3 1/2 hr tour around the city. We toured the new parts of the city as well as the old parts. It's amazing how hilly and narrow the streets are in the old part. Wish I could show you pictures of what we saw. One of these days I'll learn how to do that. We visited the maritime museum and Jeronimo's Monestary, the monument to Henry the Navigator who never navigated anything. He did form the school for navigation though. We saw the monument to the Discoveries and the 25th of April Bridge. Weird name, but it was built by Salizar, the dictator and when he was ousted, they changed the name of the bridge to commemorate the Revolution of the Red Carnations (which happened on April 25, 1974). All sounds so interesting, doesn't it?
We were back on board the ship in time for dinner. I must say that I haven't been all that impressed with the dinner menus this cruise. However, last night I had my best meal so far.
We set sail at 6pm for Vigo, Spain.
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