Hochmuth Adventures 2020 - PAIR - Portugal, Alaska, Ireland and the Rhine: Trip to Portugal - Day 9 - Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Trying to enjoy our day in Lisbon and not worry about if Ron's passport will arrive in time. We only have today to discover Lisbon so we thought the most expeditious way would be to take the hop on hop off buses. Actually things in Portugal are pretty spread out so this allowed us to see many of the high points but not quite as up close and personal as usual. We did an 1 1/2 hour tour, a 1 hour tour and then took a break for lunch before our last 2 hour Grayline. Just some of the places we saw were: Restauradores Square, Torre de Belem, Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Alcantara (bridge built by the same person that built the Golden Gate Bridge, El Corte Ingles, Colombo, the Lisbon Zoo, Parque Eduardo VII, Campo Pequeno, the stadium and the university, just to name a few. We then went back to the hotel hoping to hear about the passport. Unfortunately no luck - I was really starting to worry and began to ask Ron what we should do if it didn't come. He said don't worry - of course he was cool as a cucumber. Thankfully within 10 min. of returning to the hotel it came. Prayers answered. It was early but we had a very early flight (5:30) the next day so we walked a block to a restaurant called Dote which was recommended by the hotel. Their special dish was called francesinha - a sandwich with different ingredients covered with cheese and an egg. Ron's had 4 different types of meat, sausage, cheese, mine had veal, brie and mushrooms covered with cheese and egg. We celebrated the passport arrival with 2 beers and 2 glasses of wine. Went back to the hotel, scheduled an uber, packed and called it a night.