After spending a good amount of time in Spain, touring through four cities rather extensively, the next stop was Lisbon, Portugal. So we jumped on a bus for the first time with our new found Aussie friends and made our way over. Once we arrived we managed to get nice and lost in the search for our hostel. Of course, us four guys decided we knew how to get to the hostel better than the two girls we were with. So we split into two groups. As it tuned out, the problem was Joel had a map that turned out to be wrong. Needless to say we should have stuck with the girls as they not only had the right directions, but also a corrrect map.
Our first day in Lisbon was a fairly quite day, we went and checked out an old cathedral, along with heading up the "steel elevator" for a birds eye view of the city. 
The cathedral was interesting, as it had been left in ruins from the famous earthquake in 1761, which rocked Lisbon and essentially flattened the city, making it quite different from the countless other cathedrals. It was interesting to see the damage, just left for every one to see the magnitude of the earthquake and the destruction it caused.
The cathedral was interesting, as it had been left in ruins from the famous earthquake in 1761, which rocked Lisbon and essentially flattened the city, making it quite different from the countless other cathedrals. It was interesting to see the damage, just left for every one to see the magnitude of the earthquake and the destruction it caused.
That night we had some Portugese BBQ, which was essentially a pig shaped clay bowl filled with alcohol on fire, with smoked sausage roasting on the top. Turned out to be quite good actually. The two Aussie guys we where traveling with where flying out to Rome the next day so that night we sent them off in style. The night started with a good group drinking game or two and ended at nothing but one of the "finest" establishments Lisbon had to offer. The next day we had a bit of a late start, so we went out and found some lunch and came back to the hostel for a well deserved movie or two, a nice luxury we were missing. Later that night we eventually went out and met up with the remaining Aussie girls along with some Brazilians and headed back out for another night on the town. What can we say here really, Portugal has a great night life and is quite cheap.
Our third day in Lisbon was a little more active, we decided to head out of the old part of the town we were staying in and check out some of the other attractions the city had to offer. After walking around for a while down on the coast we headed to an aquarium, which turned out to be quite an impressive display of marine life. 
They had displays from Oceans all over the world, with the highlight being the massive central tank housing thousands of differnt kinds of fish. 
Joel's personal favorite was the penguins. Each penguin actually has its own name and a special diet.
After this we went and caught a movie in the theaters, W. Really not a very good movie, neither of us can recommend it. That was it for Lisbon, the next morning it was up to catch a train south to Lagos!
They had displays from Oceans all over the world, with the highlight being the massive central tank housing thousands of differnt kinds of fish. 
Joel's personal favorite was the penguins. Each penguin actually has its own name and a special diet.
After this we went and caught a movie in the theaters, W. Really not a very good movie, neither of us can recommend it. That was it for Lisbon, the next morning it was up to catch a train south to Lagos!