Hey, 100 days in. My day count is a little fast of the larger groups since I count from when I actually left and started traveling and not our official start date. As one might imagine, it’s completely flown by. Today we did a food walking tour of Lisbon. The GD data on my phone wasn’t working so I didn’t note everywhere we went but it was a good overview. Not as good as my food tour in Prague but still fun. After that we went to the famous Lisbon Oceanarium which was very cool but I didn’t think it lived up to all the hype that I’d heard about it. In the evening we went to Cruzes Credo which was great. Perfect outdoor patio, good food and very reasonably priced.
Author: Nomad
Day 99 | September 2
More work was still on the docket today so we posted up at the Sofitel for basically the entire day and slowly had breakfast, lunch and drinks there while working. In the evening we went to Bengal Tandoori for dinner which I had been hearing good things about. It was very good put I’m hardly an expert on Indian food.
Day 98 | September 1
There was still a lot of work that needed doing today. After walking all the way to check out another coffee shop/cafe that I had heard was a good place to work from it, of course, ended up being closed. We wandered around for a while but finally had to get to work so ended up at the ever faithful Starbucks. Work dominated the whole day and for dinner we reprised my favorite meal to date at A Cevicheria
Day 97 | August 31
Hectic day today getting caught up on work. I was dealt a crushing blow early on in the form of my new favorite coffee place being too packed to get in to. I headed over to our Galerias work space to work and spent most of the day there before running into a one cute girl on the street and then going for dinner at Sommelier Lisbon.
Day 96 | August 30
A lot of work to do today so I headed over to Copenhagen Coffee Lab to work for the morning. This turns out to be a great coffee shop. Good coffee, strong WiFi and possibly the best yogurt/granola concoction that I’ve ever had… though I haven’t had many so what do I know. Then I went over to another one of our workspaces; Galerias de Sao Bento. This place is awesome, easily our best place since K10 in Prague. Nice courtyard area, rooftop, a cafe that apparently never opens… all kinds of cool stuff. The whole town closes down mid-afternoon until evening so by the time I was ready to eat I had to wait until dinner so I went back to Time Out Market for dinner.
Day 95 | August 29
Today we settled into Lisbon with our usual arrival orientation. I had a lot of work on the docket so afterwards I just hung around Leap Center, one of our three work spaces throughout the city. The feel is more mainstream than what we’ve had so far. Just like being in the office. I spent the whole day there and then while walking home I happened past A Cevicheria which was recommended to me just the night before so I decided to stop in there for dinner. I had the tasting menu and a couple of pisco sours and was blown away. The overall vibe of the place, quality of my waiters and the excellent food put it in the running for my favorite meal on my travels so far. I’ll be going back for sure. I was in and out very early (especially by Portugese standards) so then I called it an early night.
Day 94 | August 28
First full day in Lisbon. Started out with breakfast at a bakery/pastry shop up the road from me called Tartine which was very good. The pastries are obviously the star but I had Eggs Benedict with prosciutto that was great. After that I headed home to figure out how to unpack… I had some errands to do in the afternoon and ended up walking through Praça do Comércio which is a square down by the water. I had a late lunch at Time Out Market which is a food court down on the water where a lot of great restaurants have a presence. In the evening we had a little welcome get together at Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara which is a lookout over the city with views of the castle and the river. Afterwards we went to Restaurante Isco da Bica for dinner.
Day 93 | August 27
Travel days always epitomize the “hurry up and wait” dynamic that happens any time you’re doing something with a big group. Assemble all your stuff downstairs, wait, take the bus to the airport to check in, wait, security, wait, board, wait, passport control, wait, luggage, wait, shuttles, wait, accommodations check in. Made it! Tired and hungry I went to go grab a bite to eat and was turned away from every place I tried to go (as usual). Finally just gave up and had an unremarkable burger and Honorato before crashing.
Day 92 | August 26
The days before city changes are always quite busy. I woke up early and packed all of my things. Since my packing has been so precise for everything I acquire on my travels I have to get rid of one corresponding thing that I brought with me. This meant I had to head to the Post Office for the annoying ritual of sending a package back to the States. A plan that everyone else had as well! After I was all packed I worked for the rest of the afternoon. In the evening a couple of us went to a late dinner at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal which was excellent. The Tipsy Cake that I had for dessert was possibly one of the best desserts that I’ve ever had.
Day 91 | August 25
Uneventful day today. My parents had to head to the airport early to catch their flight to Scotland so I worked for the rest of the day until my flight back to London. Annoyingly, the train ride back to my place from Gatwick was longer than my actual flight back. Got me home pretty late so I went right to sleep.