The Monument of Discoveries could
easily be seen as we were proceeding Lisbon this morning. Many of the
passengers of MV Fram also went back to take a better look on this
landmark on the bank of the river Tagus, after leaving the ship for the day. This
sunday there was a big bicycle-race in the area, which made some
trouble for the buses. But on foot, there was no problem.
Lisbon has a lot of places of interest,
and today you could meet people from the ship all over the city: In
the Monestary, the Cathedral, the Basilica de Estrela, the Tile
museum, in the narrow and steep streets of Alfama, on the trams, on
the funicular and in the city centre.
Even outside Lisbon, in the Tagus
Estuary Nature Reserve, a group of our passengers could be seen
bird-watching.
We are now really feeling that we are
in the South of Europe: Nice, warm and sunny. Just what many of us
have longed for...
