Portugal is about the size of Indiana so it seemed like everything we went to see was just a short drive away. We got up early Saturday morning to head 3 hours north for a day trip to Lisbon.
We had had 4 sunny days in the 60's and 70's so no one was expecting to arrive in Lisbon to pouring rain and 50's. Luckily (Taylor teases me for being over-prepared most of the time) I had a few jackets and even Isaac's winter hat and gloves. We parked near the bay and started walking up through some amazing old neighborhoods heading towards the Castle Sao Jorge. On the way we randomly found this building (pictured above) that is the foundation of an old Roman ampitheatre. Apparently they tore down an apartment building on the hill and were going to build a new one in its place when they discovered this. Bizarre. That never happens in the US- oh woops, guess you can't build there now since we found Roman ruins.
Isaac didn't appreciate the hat so I had to put his gloves on too so he couldn't take it off. This is how he spent most of the day but at least he was warm and dry.
Entrance to Castle Sao Jorge. See all the umbrellas- it literally POURED all day. I mean ALL DAY.
View of Lisbon from the Castle entrance. Lisbon is built around this huge bay and was taken over by everyone from Nordic people to Moors to Christians and many more.
We really are grateful to Taylor's brothers, sister, girlfriend, and parents. We couldn't have done this trip without them. There would have been a lot more whiny kids without someone to put them on their shoulders or chase them around. Arty was especially kind to Ethan and seemed to enjoy telling him all about things. Here he's teaching him about cannons.
Poor boys, we did mostly historic sight-seeing the whole trip and they were troopers to just come along. Ethan took every opportunity he could get to climb on things and jump in puddles though.
Barb is that tiny red spot way at the top.
Once again- no railings. Kind of creepy when you're a hundred feet up with a 1 year old on your back and a 3 year old walking around.
We were so grateful to have the stroller/backpack thing. It kept Isaac dry all day and allowed us to navigate all the stairs and steep streets.
One of the first things we noticed in Lisbon was that almost all of the building we plastered with decorative tiles. We never found out why but here's a sampling of some of the amazing tiles.
Even the sidewalks and streets were tiled in beautiful patterns. Very easy on the eyes- not so much on the stroller.
We had had 4 sunny days in the 60's and 70's so no one was expecting to arrive in Lisbon to pouring rain and 50's. Luckily (Taylor teases me for being over-prepared most of the time) I had a few jackets and even Isaac's winter hat and gloves. We parked near the bay and started walking up through some amazing old neighborhoods heading towards the Castle Sao Jorge. On the way we randomly found this building (pictured above) that is the foundation of an old Roman ampitheatre. Apparently they tore down an apartment building on the hill and were going to build a new one in its place when they discovered this. Bizarre. That never happens in the US- oh woops, guess you can't build there now since we found Roman ruins.
Isaac didn't appreciate the hat so I had to put his gloves on too so he couldn't take it off. This is how he spent most of the day but at least he was warm and dry.
Entrance to Castle Sao Jorge. See all the umbrellas- it literally POURED all day. I mean ALL DAY.
View of Lisbon from the Castle entrance. Lisbon is built around this huge bay and was taken over by everyone from Nordic people to Moors to Christians and many more.
We really are grateful to Taylor's brothers, sister, girlfriend, and parents. We couldn't have done this trip without them. There would have been a lot more whiny kids without someone to put them on their shoulders or chase them around. Arty was especially kind to Ethan and seemed to enjoy telling him all about things. Here he's teaching him about cannons.
Poor boys, we did mostly historic sight-seeing the whole trip and they were troopers to just come along. Ethan took every opportunity he could get to climb on things and jump in puddles though.
Barb is that tiny red spot way at the top.
Once again- no railings. Kind of creepy when you're a hundred feet up with a 1 year old on your back and a 3 year old walking around.
We were so grateful to have the stroller/backpack thing. It kept Isaac dry all day and allowed us to navigate all the stairs and steep streets.
One of the first things we noticed in Lisbon was that almost all of the building we plastered with decorative tiles. We never found out why but here's a sampling of some of the amazing tiles.
Even the sidewalks and streets were tiled in beautiful patterns. Very easy on the eyes- not so much on the stroller.
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