Party in the Bairro
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 13 November 2007 | Views [866] | Comments [6]
Ok, we finally did something very Portuguese. We went out on the town to Bairro Alto (a street with lots and lots of people) and stayed up until the wee hours in drunken revelry. Ok that's a bit of overstatement, but we did manage to stay out until 2:30, which was a record for us in Portugal...well honestly anywhere. The Lisbon culture that we have seen encourages people to sleep late into the afternoon before waking up and leaving the house around midnight. In fact the party doesn't really begin until 2 at some clubs. One morning when Andrew and I stumbled outside at 9 in the morning to go jogging, our flatmate was just stumbling out of a taxi from the night before. So with Valentina (the Italian) as our guide, we ventured into the Alto and started taking advantage of the 1Euro drink specials and 80's music. Four drink specials later, and after a Spanish man asked Andrew where he was from, we discovered a subway...not the metro...the eatery. We had set out for some late night pizza but settled for bread instead (and cookies of course). Then we came home and ate ice cream, it was a great night. The next day we woke up late and chose to forgo our morning exercise and instead headed to the Museo de Coches. They featured more than 40 carriages from as early as the 16th century. They were these monstrously large vehicles that are replete with carvings, sculptures, velvet linings and paintings.
Anyhow, our time here is winding down, a little less than a week, and we still have to see Evora and Sintra. YIKES!!
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