After waiting almost 2 years we arrived this morning in Lisbon for our Gift of Time pre cruise day. Weather predictions had been full of rain which we had on landing at about 7:30am. Lisbon airport has few actual gates so most planes were parked on the tarmac and we took buses. Customs was crowded but moved rapidly with electronic screening. Our bags arrived and a group of about 8 of us had a slow ride in traffic to the hotel. By that time skies were clearing and the sun coming out.
Sadly our room wasn't available yet so we stored bags and headed out. We opted to enjoy the sun and walked down Ave Liberdade wandering around until we got to Commerce/ Trade Sqr where we found a restaurant with outdoor seating. Nice place to enjoy a beer, cod cakes and people watching. Took a tuktuk back to the hotel. Our room was ready at 2 and we were happy to have an excellent view of both the park and river from the corner windows that the Intercontinental has in their rooms. A nap then some dinner and we were.ready to call it a day. 13k steps.
Of note, I expected Lisbon to be hilly and it is. I also expected cobbled stone streets. The surprise was the many cobbled stone sidewalks that make for tricky walking.
