LIsbon wanderings

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

After an early lunch at the new pastalaria down the street (Nata Fino, Desde 2017 - according to the sign), we took off in search of the best hair salon in Lisbon per Yelp. It took a bit of wandering before we realized it was in the Chiado. So we entered the H & M store on one level in Baixa and took the escalators to the 4th floor where we exited at the Chiado. These are the little energy saving things one learns by wandering!

When we got to &SoWhat (the salon) almost at the top of many more hills without benefit of escalators, it looked great and everyone spoke excellent English. I made an appointment for 5:00 this afternoon, and we set off to kill a couple of hours. We wandered back down the hill via a different street, noting new restaurants and a Municipal Theater en route. At the bottom we walked toward the Praca do Commercio past this beautiful building.

This beautiful building is just one reason we love wandering in Lisbon. 

 From the Praca we walked along the river, people watching and enjoying the scenery.

An enterprising "artist" has turned a part of the rock riverside into "sculpture".

After a coffee stop where we sat outside, enjoyed the sunshine and watched the comings and goings of the various boats that ferry people to Almada, the town on the other side of the river, we walked back up to the Chiado and my appointment. I now have VERY short hair and will probably not need another cut until we get home.

We stopped for another coffee at Bernards - presumably one of Lisbon's oldest pastalarias. Here we saw some of the grand dames that are prevalent in these types of places all over Portugal.

After an early light dinner - pizza - at Da Vinci's, we returned home and called it a night. All in all we had walked over 5 miles! What a great way to spend a sunny day in Lisbon.