Well, we are finally back from Lisbon, and it was so fun! We dropped Lexi off in Georgia with Brandon's parents, and then we met up in DC and flew to Lisbon together. These next few posts will give you an idea of what we did. WARNING: There are a lot of pictures!
This is us in the Metro together. We tried to go sight seeing the first day we were there, but we went to a not-so-great spot, and were exhausted, so this is the only pic we took.
This is the second day. We are on top of... well, I don't know what it's called. But it's a tribute to all the explorers that came from Portugal or something like that. In the background to the left of Brandon's head is the famous statue called "Cristo Rei," pictured below.
Still on the same monument, but in the background is the tower of Belem, which you will see in future pictures. Brandon's trying to pose all cool.
This is the front of the monument we were on.
And the side of it. Those men on the sides are the explorers I was talking about.
This is across the street, and it's called Jeronimo's castle or something. They weren't great about posting the history of the building nearby, and I didn't look for it online, so shame on me for not exactly knowing. But it was pretty. :)
Inside the castle. This is the cathedral portion. I always made Brandon pose for pictures, but sometimes he got sick of it.
This is Vasco De Gama's grave. He was the first to sail around the bottom of South America. right? Gosh, I have to brush up on my history...
They kind of turned the castle into a museum, so we got to see some mummies. That was pretty cool too.
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