Dad’s health status was slightly better than the previous day so as we went to bed last night so we decided to continue going to Lisbon as per plan.
Last night sleeping for Caro was horrible. She inherited from me what was my slight cough and magnified it to the point where she coughing a lot. Unfortunately we could not find an open drugstore before getting on the train so no cough medicine!
Bolt is so easy and only a couple of bucks more than the metro so we used the service going to the train station.
We were on our way at 10:50. Our 2nd class tickets cost us only €14 each! I am pretty sure that is a half cost for seniors price.
The seats are about the same as an airplane with more legroom.
Our trip was roughly three hours, rolling through the interior of the country, with changing scenery and more sunshine as we made our way south.
Upon exiting the train. WOW-Lisbon is hot!
I tried Bolt to get a ride but the railway station is just beside the cruise port and I tried to order a ride and I tried , and I tried but everything was busy. Then my credit card wasn’t being accepted. I hadn’t realized that every time I tried for a ride my card was getting a “pending” charge ( totalling €150ish!!!!).Freak out time!!
Caro had the uber app on her phone and we were able to use it to order the ride (and cheaper than Bolt which is not normal for here)
Our host met us at the door of his rental. Great guy with plenty of info ( and this rental is his only one).
We went out to find a pharmacy for Caro’s cough medicine followed by a meal at one of the numerous street restaurants. Caro had a fish dish and I decided to try a Portuguese pizza and I would love to say it was fantastic (but I would be lying).
I was very relieved when my credit card worked although I couldn’t use”tap” for the three transaction. Will be monitoring card to see if/when those pending charges disappear.
As we headed our way back up the hill to home we stopped at a tiny food store and picked up some supplies to keep us going. Ex. bottle of white wine $4. Coke Zero: who cares! I need my Coke Zero!
We relaxed in the room for the evening
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