Thursday, May, 7th- Visiting Lisbon today. Sunny and 20 degrees. Rémi is off on his own today. He leaves around 8:00. We leave around 9:30. We actually both end up at the same place but don't meet up with each other. We walked to the metro station and head out to visit the aquarium. It is actually a teaching venue and there are a lot of school kids there with their teachers. It ends up being better than I thought. I'm not big on keeping animals amnd fish in an enclosed area. We managed a few pictures even through the glass.

Pretty ugly, but he is called a sunfish.

Beautiful ray.

Cute puffin.

Two very playful otters.

So many colourful anemones.

We had never been in that part of the city so we walked around for a while. We went into Vasca de Gama shopping center and had a bite to eat in the food hall.

We then took the metro down to the waterfront. It was nice and very busy. The city was getting even 

busier as it was the beginning of the mask festival. There were buskers in the pedestrian only roads. 

Tents with all kinds of foods, meats, cheeses, and beer were set up in one of the squares. 

Lots of yummy stuff. 

Cheeses, meats, breads.

Tons of pastries.

We went back to the apartment to pack up our bags for an early departure. We went out again at 6:30 and met up with Bruce and Isabel for supper. We found a nice Italian restaurant in a quiet courtyard. Ron and I had Mojitos and shared a pizza and mushroom risotto. Rémi, Bruce, and Isabel shared a bottle of red and they all had lasagna. 

Bruce pouring the wine.

Bruce and Isabel from Adelaide, Australia. We have a place to stay when we go down under. 

We had great conversation for the next two hours then we went back to the main area and chose our last Portuguese desserts. 

A strawberry glazed Nata.

A regular Nata and a tasty dessert that we couldn't pinpoint the taste of. 

This one is called "Rocha" which you might have guessed means "rock". Rémi and I thought it might make for a good breakfast so he got one first. I thought that it looked heavy so I picked it up. I couldn't't believe it. It had to weight 5 lbs. it was so funny. Then Rémi had a bite and said how good it was so of course we all had to try it. It was very tasty, but I couldn't get over the fact that it was so heavy, so I past on it.  Rémi bought a second one to take home to share with Maurice. 

It was getting late so we said goodbye to our new friends with hopes of meeting up with them again one day. 

It was just after 10 when we got back so it was quick showers and off to bed.