Today was our beach day. The forecast looked good, but when we woke up it was cloudy and didn't look great. Regardless, we were going to the beach, Cascais to be exact. We got off the train into a little town on the water. The sky was still cloudy, but looking bettter. We headed to the closest beach, which ended up being a tiny stretch of sand where there was about 5 other people. We hung out there for a little then decided to walk along the path above that followed the water. By the time we came to the next beach, the sky was completely sunny and it was real hot out. The first thing we noticed here were these big peddle boats that had slides attached to them. We wandered around trying to find out how much they cost to rent and who to get them
from, but ended up renting one for an hour and headed off into the water with it. Because there are so many rocks around the stetch of coast we were on, the water was more like a bay even though we were on the Atlantic; the water was very still and calm. We took our boat out and slid off it and jumped out of if. A few Portuguese kids asked us in English if they could use our slide just once, and very grateful after we let them. That boat and slide combo was pretty awesome.
After our time was up and we were whistles in, we decided to keep walking along the promenade to the next beach town, Estoril, which was probably a 5 or 10 minute walk. We got some drinks at a cafe on the walk then set up on a beach there and went in the water. When we got out, we started getting swarmed with alll these "sand fleas," tiny little black bugs that kind of bite or something. We first noticed them at the cafe, but they were literally everywhere and freaking us
out. We decided it was time to go back to Lisbon.
We grabbed some sandwiches for a snack once we got back, then got ready for dinner. When we were at the Castle Sao Jorge in Lisbon a few days ago, we came across a really nice restaurant in the castle that we agreed would be great for our last night. We had our hotel call to make reservations, and when they told us it was all booked for Tuesday night, I was sure that couldn't be true. I was determined to eat there and thought we could just show up, maybe have to wait a little, but definitely end up with a table. We took a taxi from Comercio Square downtown and our crazy cab driver, who was talking to himself the entire ride, got us there in about 5 minutes. We convinced the security guards at the castle gate to let us in only to find that the restaurant had a private party which was the reason it was completely booked. Still, it was worth the trip. The city and all the squares and monuments are lit up at night and from the castle you can see all that and the Tejo River.
We walked to a restaurnt in the center. I had steak and Alison had cod. The restaurnat made it very clear that they wanted us to leave after they closed at 11. It was awkward. After, we took our bottle of wine that we didn't have time to finish for dinner out to Rossio square. We saw camermn and two actors there filming a commeci. I asked two Portuguese kids who they were and they said the actors were both soap opra ish actors that were very famous in Portugal. They also said they really want to visit the USA (especially California and la) and asked If people in America are as crazy as the movies make them out to be. They were legit excited when we said we were Americans, I'm not sure how many foreing countries you'll get that response in.
We came home and now I'm writing this with all my bags left to pack as Alison is passed out. It's sad to be leaving here, but there are things we are excited to get back to in the states. Well see how long that excitement lasts for, our routines back home aren't too interesting compared to our day to day here. Anyway, it couldn't last forever. Back to the real world.
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