Lisbon Portugal, March 26

I was out early searching for geocaches. I found four while walking a good portion of the city. Lisbon is nice city - but it was a Sunday. Like most europena cities, Sunday is a slow day. Many shoppes and restaurants are closed and all the hustle and bustle is home relaxing. But this also means that its easier to get around.

Heres a map of the central part of the city.



My hotel (the red H) is near the center of the picture. The Red G's are the geocaches I found. I started at the bottom left and worked counter clockwise.

My hunt for geocaches brought me to some special places.



I had to use this funicular to get to the top. The cache is hidden somewhere up on that gray wall a the top. From here I had a great view of the next find.



The cache is in that stone structure on top of that hill. On my way there, I remember that these buildings looked nice.





Once I got to the Castillo, I was rewarded with great views. I remember walking through that square.







If this picture doesn't make you breathe faster, then you just don't get it:







Found it!


View from the last find - can you see the castle on the hill on the left side?



The tricky, home made cache container. Its a 35mm film canister


After my fourth, and last, find of the day, I made my way to near the hotel, for a meal and to sample some port wines. After the cab, dropped me off at the train station, I reflected on how different this city is compared to the european cities, I had just raced through. The sunny warm day felt good. I nice tease of summer that would be here soon enough.

The train ride to Madrid was an overnighter. I had booked a private 'room' for the ride and hoped I get what I ordered and that I could get a good nights rest.





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