Cruise to the Canaries 2024
Cruise to the Canaries 2024 Lisbon Lisbon was the first stop. Gill and I had decided that we would visit the monastery and Pantheon. We had researched the possibility of a Tuk-Tuk but the reality was far different. They were incredibly expensive and we had to decline a number of times give the persistence of the vendor. We walked as far as the main square where we considered the tram but this did not stop at all other than its terminus. There were taxis and a quick enquiry found that the monastery was an 8euro ride. Result. a few moments in to the ride and we were going the wrong way. It turns out that there are two monasteries in Lisbon and we were on the way to the other one. An interesting conversation resulted in a roundabout route but we arrived at the front of the Church of St Vincente de Fora within which I had been on a previous cruise but this time we noticed the doorway to the adjacent monastery. The monastic cloister from the roof of the Church of St Vicente de Fo...