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LISBON
City of lost umbrellas and carnival
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"The rain filled the sky with a ringing shroud, rain in May" (c) Y. Shevchuk
If you are told about sunny Lisbon - do not believe it :-) When we left the hotel on the first day to explore a new city for ourselves, it rained incessantly. An incredible force of wind was applied to the rain, which snatched the umbrellas from the hands of passers-by and circled these umbrellas around the squares of Lisbon. It was a real "City of Lost Umbrellas" ...
We got so wet that day that my travel card for all types of transport got soaked in my inner pocket and stopped responding to validators in the metro. And the ticket for the Lisbon metro must be applied both at the entrance and at the exit. Thus, Natasha was released from the "subway", but I could not and was forced to "languish" inside. Having called the metro employee, we complained to her about the poor quality of the ticket, and she (having freed me from captivity), sent us to the tourist kiosk, which was a couple of squares from the exit from the metro. There we changed a wet ticket to a dry one for 2 euros and we immediately wrapped the new pass in several bags to keep it dry :-) And the weather was like this:
Tram number 28 (yellow) or an unjustified attraction.
“Every visitor to Lisbon is obliged to take the yellow tram that follows route 28,” read all Lisbon guidebooks. Forget about it. There is almost always a large queue of tourists on the square from where it leaves. Despite the heavy rain, we waited for our opportunity to ride on tram 28 and we can say with confidence: on the narrow streets of Lisbon, it is completely indifferent which tram route to take - only the walls of houses are visible. And in some places they approach the tram at arm's length. In short, there isn't much to watch. The most interesting thing comes at the final stop, where all tourists have to get off the tram and go to the boarding point on the way back. Everyone stands and thinks that again they have to shake for half an hour along the same route. You can't find sadder faces in Lisbon ;-) Here in this photo I am "wet as a frog" just started my "tour" on tram 28 ...
Carnival of evil spirits in Rossio square.
After a rainy day, we returned to the hotel and hung wet clothes all over the room. It was like "Carlson's house", in which each thing hung on a separate stud. Until the morning, most of the things did not have time to dry, but we were in a hurry to the Lisbon carnival, so we didn’t pay attention to it while dressing. The main goal of the carnival: to sell more port wine and prosciutto, and the crowds of terrible monsters walking here help to attract more onlookers to Rossio Square. The photos below are clickable.
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You can watch the monsters walking around the Lisbon Carnival, and see how adorable they are here:
Do you like to ride the elevator? Then you are here.
In the heart of Lisbon is the Santa Justa lift. It allows you to climb one of the tiers of the city, but it is practically not used for its intended purpose, as it is "occupied" by tourists. They line up to admire the rooftops of Lisbon.
From the recommendations that we can give to future guests of Lisbon - overpay, but stay near Rossio Square, many important locations are concentrated there: Rossio Square itself, the station in Sintra, Commerce Square, yellow tram stops, metro. And the fact that you will go to the Tagus River through Commerce Square and take a photo near the monument to King José I is a 100% guarantee!
In the next photo, we were able to connect two very significant sights of Lisbon. 1. Bridge "named after April 25", 2. Statue of Cristo Rey (Christ the King) The bridge was named after the "Carnation Revolution" of 1974, which took place on April 25, and the whole of Portugal collected money for the statue of Cristo Rey . The construction of the statue is a gratitude of the inhabitants to the Almighty for the fact that the country did not interfere in the Second World War and the men of Portugal remained alive. The main donors of funds were women.
At the end of the report, there are a few more photos that capture the atmosphere of Lisbon. Photos below are clickable
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Vitaly & Nataly
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