Lisbon

Day 4 Lisbon Sunny with a few showers early and late 18C

Up early enough to see us enter the river Tejo on which Lisbon sits. We pass the Belem Tower,

The Monument of the Discoveries,

And under the '25^th April suspension bridge, with the statue of Christ the King on the south bank of the river. This bridge is for both cars on top with trains below. The cars run on a metal grid which makes a noise like a swarm of wasps!

We berth at the new cruise terminal which is much closer to the city centre. As we have already seen the city we decided to do a bus trip to the seaside resort of Estoril. We drive out though the northern outskirts of Lisbon and by motorway to Estoril.

Estoril is very upmarket with fine beaches

Casino at end of tree lined park

and a huge Casino. We really enjoyed walking along the promenade with its sandy beaches and many cafes. It is very much in the mould of Monte Carlo but nicer!

Estoril Centro de Congressos

We returned alond the sea and riverside corniche to Lisbon and enjoyed going through the old part of the city that we had not seen before.

A late lunch and time for a relaxing swim before dinner and a stroll around the ship. Talk at dinner is that it seems a passenger fell off the gangway into the sea this morning as they disembarked: sure full facts will emerge over the next few days although it's hard to understand what went wrong! Did not fancy seeing the violinist in the theatre and we were a little underwhelmed by the first production show last night. It is a new theatre company and it showed!

Early night as we lose an hour tonight as we are in Gibraltar which is on central european time.