Sunday, August 31, 2008

PORTUGAL...a trolly ride, more sidewalks and saying goodbye

Yay! Trollies! I'm telling you, San Francisco is a total rip off of Lisbon (or the other way around, but I have a feeling many of these buildings have been around a hell of a lot longer than SF)

So here's the view from my trolly ride:

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The sun sets on my trip to portugal...sad

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Loving the train station:
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Just when you think you've seen every kind of transportation...theres a freakin gondola (really tiny...see it?)

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So I took a quick shower (at my wonderful couchsurfing host's apartment) before heading to the train station for an overnight train to Madrid. It was harder than I thought it was going to be to say goodbye to Lisbon:




There was one last video opportunity on the way to the train station:
(i think i was just in a really good mood)





The overnight train ride was long and restless and I woke up in Madrid with no real plan for getting to Granada, but in my best Spanish I navigated my way from one bus station to another until I found the one that would take me (for very little money) to Granada...

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

PORTUGAL...sketch walk

This is a great idea...One of the CSers invited us along for a 'sketch walk' which really just means walking around the city and stopping at interesting places to sketch/write/think/doodle/take pictures/observe/whatever. It was perfect for me because I was only there for such a short time and I got to see a lot in a single afternoon.

So here's my sketch walk:

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I'm obsessed with Lisbon's sidewalks:

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