Lisboa

At the airport before putting together the bike.
Ready to bike to the hostel
Riding up the hill towards Castle S. Jorge
Castle. sweet
Inside the fortress
Resting the bikes for lunch
View of the city from the castle
Remember the jesus statue? See the giant thing on the left? Yup, it really is that big.
View of some sweet garden.

Decided to start with photos because I didnt realize that photos upload to the top of the blog... Kind of new at this. But anyways.

Location: Lisbon Poets Hostel, Portugal (picture is the view from the hostel)

Total distance: Probably around 20 miles, havent set up the odometer yet. Tonights project.

High: Finding the big supermarket in town! El Corte Ingles. The language barrier was a bit harder to deal with that I thought it would be, and Dale and I had some errands to run today before really starting the ride tomorrow. One of those was groceries. The only people who spoke good English were the tourists who didnt know where any stores were, and the people who knew couldnt tell us. So frustrating.

Low: Dale and I were riding along and we saw a giant castle perched on one of the hills looking over the city. Obviously decided to ride up to it. The Castelo S. Jorge, built by the Muslims around the 11th century. Such a cool place. But the low... inside of the castle was, I kid not, a garden filled with sick and dying cats. It was the most depressing thing I have ever seen.

Old castle up high
ornamented with sick cats
interesting choice

One of the cats escaped from the garden...

Until next time,
MBG