First, last night we headed out to dinner and were asked if we would like to purchase drugs 4 different times. Our total amount of time walking from the hostel to the restaurant was 10 minutes. The drug dealers of Lisbon are on top of their game.
Second, and the purpose behind this post's title, there are many street musicians here who play accordions. But instead of having a box for people to throw change in, they have chihuahuas that hold little glass cans in their mouths! They are irresistibly cute but have made me consider creating PCLUs (Portuguese Chihuahua Labor Unions) in hopes of getting them properly fed, not overworked, and a uniform dress code for all chihuahuas. Who knew life could get worse for a chihuahua outside of Beverly Hills or the Paris Hilton household?
Third, today we went to Sintra. This is the highlight of Sintra:
I pretty much walked around CandyLand today. It was gorgeous. The inside is even more spectacular than this outside view because every single wall and roof is covered in tiles. B-e-a-utiful!
Fourth, Portugal has ridonkulous pastries. In Lisbon, the area to check out is Belem and the pasteleria de Belem (these are little custard treats that they top with cinnamon and powdered sugar... YUM). Next you've got Sintra where the queijades and travesseiros are delish. The queijades were pretty much little apple pies!
Fifth, Rick Steves is the man. We took his advice and headed out to a Fado restaurant at around 10:30 last night hoping to get to sneak into the scene without having to pay 25 euros. It worked! We got to spend 2 hours listening to this wonderful Portuguese music for absolutely nothing! Way to go Rick!
I will write more tomorrow - ciao!
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