Valentines Day in Portugal!

Bon dia!
I am sorry that I haven't updated this in 2 weeks, but last week/weekend was very uneventful, yet still amazing. This past weekend, my friends and I went to Lisbon, Portugal. It's not actually called Lisbon, it is Lisboa. Friday night my friends Michelle, Brian, and myself headed out to catch the night bus to Lisboa. It was quite a long trip due to how packed the bus was, how uncomfortable the seats were, and the fact that there was no toilet paper in the bathroom. Once we finally arrived in Lisboa we had to wait 30 min to catch the metro to take us to the center of the city where we would then catch a trolley. By trolley I mean literally an old style trolley. It was very interesting. Some of our friends were already in Lisboa because they got a cheap flight out friday night instead of taking the bus so we went to meet them at the hostel. Once again I was very lucky to stay in such an amazing hostel. The owner johnie was very nice and accommodating to our needs.
Once we were all together our journey started off. We went to the coast and say the Tower of Belem, and went into this really tall building in which we could see the 7 hills of Lisboa. It was amazing and we got some really cool pictures. Then for lunch we went to an outside cafe because the weather was amazing. It was very surprising though as to how many people spoke english. There seemed to be more people able to understand us when we spoke english than spanish. Ha ha. The rest of the day we just explored and didn't really have a plan of what were we going to see. We went to the aquarium and got to see the longest bridge in Portugal (which to my surprise we rode on to get to Lisboa, but didn't know because I had been sleeping). For about an hour we just laid out on benches and rested and enjoyed the sun.
Getting back to the hostel some of us (just the night bus travelers) decided to take a power nap while the other played games in the living area. We all started to get ready for dinner and were lucky that Johnie gave us a box of wine for the evening. As we started out for dinner we had no idea where we were going, we just knew the direction we needed to take. So we ended up not finding the restaurant we wanted to eat at which was a bummer. Everyplace we tried to eat at was totally packed because it was Valentine's day so we had to settle for this not so great place. I enjoyed what I ordered but it was spanish not portuguese. After dinner we walked around the center of the city, and then went to this club. The club had 3 levels and the top level was a terrace that looked out over the ocean. It was so beautiful! We dance for a long time, then took a cab home to get a few hours of sleep before the long 8 hour bus ride back.
I do not have any trips planned this coming weekend, but am excited to spend another weekend in Madrid. It is so beautiful here now that it is getting warmer and everything is starting to bloom. Also I am trying to get things all prepared for Kate and Ciara (my friends from Regis)'s arrival in 2 weeks, spring break in 3, and then Courtney's here 4. I hope you all have a blessed day.
Te amo,
Kayla!




The first picture is Lisboa before the sun rose. The next is a picture of a view of the city. The tower is Belem Tower, and the group picture is all of us in front of the Belem Tower. It goes Manuel, me, Liz, Amy, Michelle, and Brian. The last picture is from the terrace at the club. Only Manuel, Brian, Michelle and my self decided to go out.