but I'm not sadly. Why? Well I will tell you. I WAS asleep and then my lovely 5 chinese roomates in the hostel decided that they should start packing their suitcases and coming in and out of the room every 30seconds at midnight. So I was awake. That was it. Even after taking a Benadryl with codeine. soooo I felt like I was awfully hungry still after today (more about that later), and I went downstairs to the starbucks in the station and got a muffin and a chai to help me feel calm about the whole situation.
Today was absolutely fantastic. I went on a little day trip to Sintra, which is 40 mins train ride outside of Lisbon. It was slightly overcast which made it a perfect day for a good hike waaaaaay up to 2 different castles! (I'll post the photos and details later). So I spent about 5 hours going up and then back down where I had a quick salad lunch. I then also had salad for dinner after walking around downtown Lisbon some more. So that was my day. I really can't wait to show you the pictures, the forest there is absolutely incredible, I'm so glad that I chose to walk instead of taking the bus.
Another thing about Lisbon is that all the streets and sidewalks are cobblestone, little tiny pieces of block which have been walked over so much that they are so smooth. They are a slippery death trap when it's dry because there are so many hills and it's just up and down all over the place, that I can only imagine what it must be like after it rains! I had one good slide in my flip flops and today an older lady walking her dog slipped and fell down on her knee in front of me, so I helped her up and saw her ankles were all bruised, so it must happen to her quite a bit.
Tomorrow is my last day to myself before I start work on Sunday, so I think I will stay more in the city and see some of the neighbourhoods. There is one called Belem, which Nuno recommended I go see. So I will wake up and do that. The plan was to try and go early so that I could do a lot tomorrow but now that it is 2am Spanish time, I don't know if that will be happening. They serve a nice breakfast (minus the coffee) here at the hostel though, so I'll try to make it up to take advantage of that, it's free food afterall.
Alright, well that's all that I can really tell you today. Sleep well everyone!
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