A few days in Lisbon

If you are on a computer, you can read about the pictures—there are captions if you hover over the image. I tried on my mobile and I couldn’t see the writing. Not sure why.

The last one first--train station Lisbon

This is another adventure of a cancelled train, this time from Lisbon to Porto, and wonderful meeting with a woman from California. She was waiting for her boyfriend to do laundry, so we sat and enjoyed a coffee and chatted about life while I waited for a later, local train and she waited on her beau.

Squished but safe--plane to Lisbon

Even though I paid for a comfortable more spacious seat, we were treated to the very last seat on the plane. I’m learning this is what Portugal does on planes and trains. Dogs in the last seats. Mango is so easy and we were fine. And surprisingly, she sat on my lap almost the entire flight and the crew was totally OK with it!

Is that the Golden Gate Bridge??

Nope! it’s the same architect though. I have pictures of Mango and the Golden Gate Bridge from when she was young. I wanted to get a picture of her with this lookalike bridge. After failed attempts at selfie’s, a nice Serbian woman took this photo.

Mango and the GGB

November, 2014. My girl!

Lisbon Lookalike

The best food in Lisbon

Yes I eat eggs. That black bread is some of the best sourdough I have ever enjoyed. They have these menu deals where you get a fresh juice (kiwi and pear—YUMMY) and coffee and bread and eggs all for 4 Euros.

I am vegetarian, eat eggs, and only consume goat or sheep or jersey cow dairy products. Lisbon, and now Porto, have been VERY challenging on the food front. Barcelona had wonderful fresh, healthy, clean vegan food. Similar to a creative LA raw or vegan scene. in Portugal, it is heavy, fried, bready. You can get delicious things like impossible burgers with fries. But if you are vegan or vegetarian, if you are like me, you eat like that maybe once a week, once a month, or rarely. Not for every single lunch and dinner, and not after a breakfast of eggs and bread. My experience was of feeling hungry most of the time, craving fresh vegetables and pure whole foods, and getting by on nuts and fruit. I had a good breakfast and delicious fresh juice, thankfully!

Mango on the train from Lisbon to Porto

We had the pleasure of sitting in the back of the train with two other female travelers, each with a dog. The train wasn’t that full, but the ticket guy required muzzles or containers. Mango likes her container just fine thank you very much. (Although she prefers sitting on her own seat or my lap, when possible).