We arrived in Lisbon a bit shattered from a 16 hour flight with little sleep, and settled into our first digs. We had chosen a central spot close to a couple of sites that we wanted to explore. Little did we know that we had chosen one of the older parts of the city, which is a good thing, but also the hilliest part of the city. Wherever we walked it was a case of up and down, up and down. Anyway, we certainly got our exercise.

We had chosen to do the trip in the latter part of summer, partly to avoid the hordes of summer tourists, but alas there were plenty. We discovered later that one of the reasons was the arrival of a huge MSC liner.