{"id":3448,"date":"2012-05-27T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2012-07-01T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T16:36:54","slug":"lisbon-portugal-friday-may-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=3448","title":{"rendered":"Lisbon, Portugal – Friday, May 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twelve glorious hours of sleep does wonders for the soul; hopefully for our venture into to the City, too. \u00a0Lisbon is a grand city \u00a0\"\"<\/a>filled with beautiful architecture\"\"<\/a>and relaxed and laid back restaurants (Lisa, notice the beanbag chairs)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>yet the churches are not the scale we were used to seeing in northern Europe.\"\"<\/a>What was <\/em>the most<\/strong> dramatic was the steepness of the streets\"\"<\/a>straight up and down!<\/p>\n

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The contrast in what the city offered was striking yet not disturbing in it’s incongruence.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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We enjoyed small cafes\"\"<\/a>and majestic squares,\u00a0\"\"<\/a>beautiful flowers\"\"<\/a>and expansive wine stores,\"\"<\/a>but my favorite;\"\"<\/a>this gentleman probably sat here for hours feeding the pigeons. \u00a0It was a grand day in Lisbon, but we needed to call it a day! \u00a0We’ll see you tomorrow.\"\"\n\t\t