Just back and Lisbon was lovely. The sun shone every day from a blue, blue sky though it was cold when the wind blew; this was the last week in November. A very easy city to walk around and a delight to jump on a tram an clatter through some very pictuesque areas. We stayed for 3 nights at the hotel Florescente. A superb location on the edge of Rossio. Took a trip by tram to Belem which couldn’t have been much easier as the tram terminates in Lisbon at Praca Da Figueira, just a few minutes walk from the hotel which is just behind the Teatro Maria II in Praca Dom Pedro IV (Rossio Square) pictured above.

I now intend to discover more about the history of Lisbon (and Portugal) and must go back again with a bit more knowledge and time to visit more of this delightful city. The city itself seems so bijou and compact that I couldn’t believe the extent of the suburbs and outer areas, they are vast, such an unexpected contrast to the central area.