La vida dulce: Aquariums & Sushi: A Wrap-Up of Lisbon!

Saturday night we went and ate with Santi and Emily at a restaurant near Rossio Station - full of locals! I got the best calamares I've had in Europe so far and fried bacalao with salad. Pretty good food (not quality of Spanish though if I dare say) and it was a great time getting to hang out with people from the hostel. We went back to the hostel and picked up Jeanne and a map of the Alfama area (one of the two neighborhoods that survived the earthquake of 1755) for FADO! Thanks to Rick Steves we knew we could try and sneak into a fado restaurant dinner-theater thing at about 10:30 and get in free. We did! It was great - A Baiuco. The owner was so nice and was actually one of the women who got up and sang! We stayed until 12:20ish listening to the music, which is only a singer and two guitars (one had 12 strings and looked like a lute!). A fantastic night!
Earlier on Saturday we went on the tour in Belem and were successful in finding the one Starbucks in Lisbon - yes! Still no peppermint flavoring... I will not give up hope on finding a peppermint mocha! It was a tasty pairing with the pastel de Belem and our lunch at the pasteleria de Belem. Sunday night, we took the downtown elevator ride up to see a view of the city at night! It was created by the apprentice of Mr. Eiffel, who you may recognize as the designer of the little tower in Paris.
Monday we had the whole day to spend in Lisbon before our flight at 8:30. We headed to the modern section of the town which was super cool! We went to the oceanarium which is a huge aquarium tank and then in the four corners they try and recreate the four oceans. It was huge!
The highlights:
1) A sunfish that is the weirdest looking fish because it has no tailfin. It can weigh up to 2 tons!

2) Sea otters that were literally swimming laps in their little pool. Not this cute but still cute.
3) I saw a shark poop.
4) They had electric fish and a sea dragon - so cool!
5) There is a sushi restaurant right next door where we ate lunch... mmmmmmm. But we felt sketchy, like the fish in the aquarium were watching us. Seriously though, this barbecue lemon piece of fish on the buffet was so good.
Then we made our way to the airport just as our flight was starting to board! Thankfully the flight landed 30 minutes before scheduled time and we made it easily to the bus station for our overnight bus back to Almeria! I had a fantastic trip and loved Lisbon, Sintra, the Traveller's House and all the delicious pastries that I am glad will not be available to me for the remainder of my time here in Europe ha! Now only 3 weeks til the parental unit arrives and then Holy Week so off to London I go! I only have 12 more weeks over here, 11 of those working weeks. I cannot believe how fast time is flying by!
Here are some Lisbon pics!