Anyone been to Lisbon? Looking for tips
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I was there back in 1991 -- Similar story, working in Germany, wanted to flee the cold of winter, so I headed to Spain and Portugal.
My main memories of Lisbon --
*) I found a room in a guest house for just $7 a night. Sure, I had to share the room and the bathroom, but c'mon -- seven bucks!
*) I befriended a stoner who spoke better English than most every German I worked with. His English teacher? American movies. This lead to a personal theory of mine: People in countries that subtitle American movies speak much better English than people in countries that dub American movies. I don't think this has yet been disproven.
*) The people are generally laid back and very friendly. I had no trouble striking up conversations and generally palling around with the locals.
*) The city is extraordinarily beautiful. Bring your camera. It's simply spectacular; one of my favorites in Europe.
My main memories of Lisbon --
*) I found a room in a guest house for just $7 a night. Sure, I had to share the room and the bathroom, but c'mon -- seven bucks!
*) I befriended a stoner who spoke better English than most every German I worked with. His English teacher? American movies. This lead to a personal theory of mine: People in countries that subtitle American movies speak much better English than people in countries that dub American movies. I don't think this has yet been disproven.
*) The people are generally laid back and very friendly. I had no trouble striking up conversations and generally palling around with the locals.
*) The city is extraordinarily beautiful. Bring your camera. It's simply spectacular; one of my favorites in Europe.
I started a cruise there in 1998. It was an awesome city. I stayed at the Four Seasons which was a great hotel( but when is it not). I just remember telling myself that I should of brought my golf clubs.I saw the Royal Palace and it was pretty cool.If you could make it I would try to go to Madeira this may not be possible with the time table but it is a cool place to see...
Thanks for the tips, sounds like a cool place with some laid back people. I always enjoy talking to locals when I travel. Usually you get the best tips from them, but I wanted some good places to start off with. The Royal Palace sounds good. So I will put that on the to do list, as for pictures in the world of digital I take my camera everywhere.
I am not a golfer, so I guess I can leave the clubs at home
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I am not a golfer, so I guess I can leave the clubs at home
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It is a nice city, not too expensive, food is alright and hopefully it will not be "european" cold in December 
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No specific tips to give (been there in 2003, probably bars&clubs changed in the meantime) but it won't be difficult to find the right places...
.No specific tips to give (been there in 2003, probably bars&clubs changed in the meantime) but it won't be difficult to find the right places...
I saw that, that said I don't think dropping 12 wallets in any one city is statistically a very accurate reflection of any one city.
Hi,
I live here in Lisbon :wink:
Nuno
I live here in Lisbon :wink:
Nuno
Hi,
never found one on the floor... but one thing that happens quite frequently is
people leaving their cards on ATMs... once i was in the line on one ATM and
the guy in front of me left the card and the money and i told him to get them.
It was an very old guy and he was very thankfull that i helped him.
That wallet return stat maybe a little off... i mean... if i find a wallet and return it,
then when the owner go ask for it to the police or something, they may not know
about it unless they are at the same station i returned it.... i think there is no
digital data-base where they can search if the wallet was returned...
Nuno
never found one on the floor... but one thing that happens quite frequently is
people leaving their cards on ATMs... once i was in the line on one ATM and
the guy in front of me left the card and the money and i told him to get them.
It was an very old guy and he was very thankfull that i helped him.
That wallet return stat maybe a little off... i mean... if i find a wallet and return it,
then when the owner go ask for it to the police or something, they may not know
about it unless they are at the same station i returned it.... i think there is no
digital data-base where they can search if the wallet was returned...
Nuno
