Day 0: Lisbon

Walking the Camino

Jessica and I arrived in Lisbon from DC (me) and Amsterdam (Jessica) on Sunday. We walked the city, including a cute old neighborhood on one hill and the castle on another hill. And had our first pasteis de nata, the traditional Portuguese pastry. Yum 😋

Lisbon is beautiful in an old Europe, colorful, weathered, wonderful kinda way. These were supposed to be rest days before the big walking, but we still did 23k+ steps a day. So much to see and do! Lots of hills, lots of stairs. Turns out that was good training for Porto (foreshadowing alert).

We took a sunset sail on the river, where we took in the sights and the stories as told by our eager young boathand, Miguel. We also had our first taste of Portuguese green wine. It's light and sparkly, and just right for a summer sunset sail, it turns out.

Portugal is sun, good vibes, good food (especially seafood), friendly people, and, at least for us, adventure, reflection and connection. So grateful to be here, to do this.

Btw "Day 0" represents the two days we spent in Lisbon.