Portugal!

Im not quite back from Portugal yet, but we are not doing anything tomorrow and we are all done with sight seeing tonight, so why not.

Lisbon:
Lisbon is a great city - its really spectacular. Despite their need for millions (not quite) of statues and monuments, there really are other things to do there. We visited the Lisbon castle, and took a lot of cool pictures of the surrounding area. There were a lot of good buildings built for the ´98 Expo, and we went on some gondolas and into the Oceanarium. I might update a few more things when I remember them. We did so much walking between Amsterdam and Lisbon... my legs hurt! One day we were out walking up the hills of Lisbon for about 10 hours.
In Lisbon we met some cool people at our hostel (one of the 10 best in the world, according to Hostelworld - Lisbon Lounge). It was probably the best Ive been in so far. But we met a pair of girls from the Faroe Islands (part of Denmark, between Scotland and Iceland) - they were real fun, and we also met a girl from Washington. We went out to dinner a few times and shared some stories. I think there is so much to do in the area of Lisbon and south Portugal that I have to come back sometime.

Porto: There is so much construction going on here in Porto. They are finishing up their metro stations at the moment. One line is completely done, and NOBODY uses it. its so creepy. It feels like we are walking through some abandoned tunnels.. There is not so much to see here in relation to Lisbon, but we went to the beach today for a few hours- windy but nice. I have a sunburn across my back from where I didnt reach but thought I did.. kinda funny when I dont lay down or take a shower. We saw some big cathedral here, Sé, and we also visited a pretty large tower. We went to a museum about Port wine... and it kinda sucked. my tourbook said it was free and had free tastings. it cost 2€ and didnt have anything to drink there. We learned more about Port wine on their computers at the museum than from any of their post ups.

Last night I went to Inside Man with Stuart (a movie). It was good, but I fell asleep during it and I dont get it. Ill have to watch it again.
Tonight we are going to Scary Movie 4. Its going to be bad, but hopefully there will be a lot of laughs.

Tomorrow Stuarts friends are coming into town and we are going to go to Frühlingsfest and have a few liters of the good german beer. Can´t wait.

I am going to start booking some hostels and plane flight to Krakow. I am also looking to start visiting more of Germany during this semester now that I know my class schedule. I kinda avoided it last semester.