The Sun Won´t Set For You

Due to chronic oversleeping, we didnºt make it out of daisukeºs house until going on 4pm so we only had an hour to scooch across Lisbon to watch the match. The atmosphere was building nicely and on the bus into the city there was a carnival atmosphere developing, with many of the locals sporting the green and red of Portugal, ready to cheer on their national side against the Czechs in the European Championships.

( Soccer Talk )

After this we decided to have a walk around Benfica stadium, Estadio de Luz, Daisukeºs favourite place and one of the greatest football stadia in Europe. I wanted to go to the Catedral do Cerveja, situated in its bowels, as the thought of a beer filled cathedral had me quaking in excitement but alas we went to Media Markt instead, where I bought some CDs. Being a Sporting fan, Daisuke spat at the stadium a few times before we went inside to go to that well-known Portuguese haunt, Pizza Hut. Well, we had wanted to go and try bacalhau com natas (basically a fish dish and a word I canºt say) which is native to Portugal. However, Daisuke was worried that I wouldnºt like it and as I am a vegetarian, it kinda brought my principles into question. I am vegetarian predominantly for medical reasons though (if I eat most meats I get chronic stomach cramps) so I think I will try bacalhau somewhere today.

Apart from that, we wandered around the mall for a bit. I was surprised that all the shops donºt close until midnight (and people think the UK is a developed country?!). We looked around Toys R Us for a bit, where I revelled in saying naughty English and German words loudly, knowing that no one understood me (immature I know) and I also played on a lot of the toys, both there and in a local sports shop.

Today is my last day in Portugal but as I have just got up, I donºt know what we are going to do with it. We had planned to go to Aquaworld but chronic laziness over took us. That and it wouldnºt have been too practical as it would have required a seven hour round trip to Faro in the south of the country and my flight leaves Lisbon tomorrow morning.

Finally, to the new furiends I added the other night, welcome. I hope you enjoy my random scribblings and it would be great to get to know you guys some more.

The Sun Won´t Set For You

Due to chronic oversleeping, we didnºt make it out of daisukeºs house until going on 4pm so we only had an hour to scooch across Lisbon to watch the match. The atmosphere was building nicely and on the bus into the city there was a carnival atmosphere developing, with many of the locals sporting the green and red of Portugal, ready to cheer on their national side against the Czechs in the European Championships.

( Soccer Talk )

After this we decided to have a walk around Benfica stadium, Estadio de Luz, Daisukeºs favourite place and one of the greatest football stadia in Europe. I wanted to go to the Catedral do Cerveja, situated in its bowels, as the thought of a beer filled cathedral had me quaking in excitement but alas we went to Media Markt instead, where I bought some CDs. Being a Sporting fan, Daisuke spat at the stadium a few times before we went inside to go to that well-known Portuguese haunt, Pizza Hut. Well, we had wanted to go and try bacalhau com natas (basically a fish dish and a word I canºt say) which is native to Portugal. However, Daisuke was worried that I wouldnºt like it and as I am a vegetarian, it kinda brought my principles into question. I am vegetarian predominantly for medical reasons though (if I eat most meats I get chronic stomach cramps) so I think I will try bacalhau somewhere today.

Apart from that, we wandered around the mall for a bit. I was surprised that all the shops donºt close until midnight (and people think the UK is a developed country?!). We looked around Toys R Us for a bit, where I revelled in saying naughty English and German words loudly, knowing that no one understood me (immature I know) and I also played on a lot of the toys, both there and in a local sports shop.

Today is my last day in Portugal but as I have just got up, I donºt know what we are going to do with it. We had planned to go to Aquaworld but chronic laziness over took us. That and it wouldnºt have been too practical as it would have required a seven hour round trip to Faro in the south of the country and my flight leaves Lisbon tomorrow morning.

Finally, to the new furiends I added the other night, welcome. I hope you enjoy my random scribblings and it would be great to get to know you guys some more.