catching more z’s than trolleys

After stuffing ourselves at the Hard Rock Cafe with nachos, chicken strips, and hamburgers, we headed out to tourist central. We no longer had any sort of plan, that went right out the window.

We realized we were near the Elevator de Santa Justa… built by an apprentice to Eiffel (of the Eiffel Tower). As walked there, I realized more and more I’d made a real mistake in my hotel choice, but there’s nothing I could do about it now.

We got in line for this elevator and I was surprised to see that our fare was paid for with the transportation cards we’d bought yesterday in the Metro station. I stood by the window ready to try to get video of the ride up… nine whole floors. Nine floors. This is the big attraction in Lisbon. An elevator that doesn’t go as high up as the elevator in the condo building where my dad lives.

At the top of the elevator we walked over to another part of town where there was another square and cafes. We caught a trolley and rode to still another touristy area with shops and the like. Finally, we’d found what we had become convinced Lisbon was lacking: things to see. But Kaitlyn could do nothing but whine and beg to watch tv at the hotel so we dragged her back there for a nap. She finally fell asleep thanks to Bill lying with her counting sheep. Unfortunately all that sheep counting also put me to sleep.. and Bill to sleep. Bill and I woke up around 8 or 9. We couldn’t get Kaitlyn to wake up. We had no idea what to do about dinner. I finally remembered seeing a few sandwiches listed on the hotel bar menu, so I called and ordered three sandwiches which the bartender made and brought down to our room. Kaitlyn still wouldn’t wake up. Bill and I nibbled on ours but we really were still full from that huge stuffing at lunch. We tried watching some Portuguese TV (the show Bill was interested in on Discovery was, naturally, not in English). I fell back asleep. I remember Bill woke me up to take off my glasses. I guess we were all pretty tired.

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