Day 1 - Lisboa

The first day we spent in Lisboa. We met our friend Tomas at the airport, who became our guide for following two days. At first we did a short walk accross the city center with the only aim - to get to a tram to Belem. Belem is one of the places under UNESCO's protection. The Tower of Belem was built to commemorate Vasco da Gama's expedition; it is a reminder of the great maritime discoveries that laid the foundations of the modern world. Monastery comes from the 16th century. UNESCO classified it as a "World Cultural Heritage Site" in 1984. It is considered to be one of the best masterpieces of Portuguese architecture. You can find, for example, a tomb of Vasco da Gama. Monastery is also one of the buildings, which survived destructive earthquake in the 18th century. In the afternoon we did a nice walk throughout the city center and in the evening we had the very first possibility to try Portuguese cuisine.

Somewhere over the Pyrenees	Approaching Lisboa	Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
Torre de Belem	We and Mosteiro dos Jeronimos	Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
Inside the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos	Cloister of the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos	Cloister of the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
Cathedral of Mosteiro dos Jeronimos	Mosteiro dos Jeronimos Tomb of Vasco da Gama	Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Monument of Voyagers)
The first person is Henry the Seafarer	The pedestrian precinct in the center of Lisboa	Elevator in the center of Lisboa built by one of the Eiffel's students