Our Top 5 Restaurants in Lisbon

Four weeks in Lisbon is nowhere near enough time to scratch the surface on the almost 5000 food venues the city has to offer. However we did discover that the food offerings of Lisbon would satisfy any foodie! Across the whole city there is a great variety in cuisines and the quality in restaurants inContinue reading “Our Top 5 Restaurants in Lisbon”

10 Starting Portuguese Words & Phrases

Some useful words and phrases that we’ve picked up along the way! With English as our base language, we’ve found it tough to pick up the Portuguese lingo, especially the listening element as the words are spoken so BL**DY fast! Before we had even left the UK, we had committed to 4 weeks at LUSAContinue reading “10 Starting Portuguese Words & Phrases”

Best Day Trips or a Night Away From Lisbon

We loved our 4 weeks in Lisbon and we thought the city was a great place to be in the week and on the weekends. We spent weekend afternoons wandering around the city, checking out the cute streets of Alfama, watching music in the plazas of Graça and drinking beers near Cais do Sodre. WeContinue reading “Best Day Trips or a Night Away From Lisbon”

The Electric Scooters of Lisbon

If you are in Lisbon it’s really hard not to notice and talk about the Electric Scooters. They are one of Nathan’s favourite things since we have been here. We came across them earlier in the year in Brussels, Belgium and had about an hour whizzing around the city sightseeing on them. It was MarchContinue reading “The Electric Scooters of Lisbon”

Illegal” Chinese Restaurants in Lisbon – Are They??!!

Having only been in Lisbon 3 days a classmate from language school suggested we head to a place he had been to. He told us in Lisbon there was such a thing as an ‘illegal Chinese Restaurant’ which is very prominent in the Martim Moniz area of Lisbon. He had been recommended it, been takenContinue reading “Illegal” Chinese Restaurants in Lisbon – Are They??!!”

Day 4 – Fundão, Portugal to Lisbon!

Portugal – We have arrived Saturday 8th August 2020 We have arrived in Lisbon and I’m going to keep it short and snappy as we have some exploring to do! We did have a very entertaining meal on the campsite in Fundão last night. Fundatur was the name of the Campsite and what a uniqueContinue reading “Day 4 – Fundão, Portugal to Lisbon!”

Hi from Alys and Nathan

Welcome, welcome, welcome…. We assume (at least to start with) if you are reading this that you are friends or family and we have either coaxed you into giving us a few page views or you are genuinely interested in what we have been doing thus far. However for those of you who we haven’tContinue reading “Hi from Alys and Nathan”