Our long stroll took about four hours to do, but it was worth it. We traveled through the Chiado, Baixa, and Alfama districts of Lisbon, making a few pit stops along the way...
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| We began our adventure at Praca dos Restauradores Restauradores Square. |
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| Close to the square is Hard Rock Cafe Lisbon where we had lunch later. |
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| The Elevador da Gloria took saved our legs by taking us up to the Bairro Alto neighborhood. |
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| Our first stop was the Sao Roque Church. |
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| False domes. (Darn thumb again) |
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| This section of the church was imported from the Vatican. Apparently it's the most expensive chapel in the world. |
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| This is a mosaic from the chapel above. Also from the Vatican. |
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| At the entrance of a large elevator that apparently gives you good views of the city. We were too cheap to pay five Euros, so we dealt with the view we could get from here... |
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| Good enough. |
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| Statue of Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon's most famous poet, outside of the cafe he liked to visit a lot, Cafe A Brasileira. |
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| Apparently their pasteis de nata are better than the pasteis de Belem, so we tried them ourselves. |
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| Another statue of Fernando Pessoa. |
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| Close to the Tejo River at the Praca do Comercio. |
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| The toned-down, Lisbon version of Notre Dame. |
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| Rua da Saudade |
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| The view form a square in the Alfama neighborhood. |
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| Tile artwork in the same square of the pre-earthquake Lisbon. |
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| Tile mural at another square of Lisboans beating up Moors. |
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| The best views were in the Alfama neighborhood. |
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| Natural ceiling of an outdoor cafe. |
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| A stop we made in the Alfama was at the Fado Museum. |
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| Depiction of an Alfama street in the Fado Museum. |
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| Sausage stand at an outdoor market. |
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| Our appetizer before lunch, a Francesinha, a sandwich covered in cheese and tomato sauce. |
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| Our lunch, actually an appetizer, that was enough to feed four of us. Somehow we downed the whole thing. |
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