Day Three in Lisboa. My first question is why Lisboa? Historically it refers to the Barrios de Lisboa or the neighborhoods of Lisbon. Another explanation I found was that locals call their city Lisboa, which comes from the Phoenician term Alis Ubbo or calm port. Your choice, I guess. We walked all kinds of Barrios de Lisboa today. The Mason men like to walk, just ask my sister in law Mieke. We managed to get going at a decent hour today and jumped onto the Metro...

Day Two The 5 hour time change kicked our butts last night which led to a late start. We tried something new and asked concierge at the hotel for not only a map, but directions. I know, not our usual plan. We received great information and set off with castles and historical facts bouncing around our brains. With so much going on, I’m amazed we managed to find our station, but we did. Well honestly we thought we did and yes it did eventually get us to Sintra b...

Day One in Lisbon. We arrived in the wee hours of the morning. It took us about an hour to get through customs, pick up luggage etc. We found a cab right away and had a smooth ride to the Lisbon Marriott. The plan was to drop luggage and explore. Marriott was awesome and gave us a room after only waiting a few minutes. I’m thinking it’s payback from all those business trips Bill took while I shared KD with the kids back home. Wonderful. We had a wonderful br...