Lisbon to Porto
Lisbon
March 11, 2026
Yesterday was the big travel day from Kelowna to Lisbon. The flight from Kelowna was delayed by 15 minutes which was ok as I had a 2 hr layover in Toronto. In Toronto I found out there was a further delay on the Toronto to Lisbon leg of 90 minutes however by time we were loaded it was really a 2 hour delay. There were a lot of really aggravated folks in the waiting area as they had further connections beyond Lisbon. I had sent a note to the Airbnb host I would be late so I was ok.
After a short taxi ride down to the Airbnb I was checked in and moments later Ken and Judy arrived. It wasn't until almost 8:00 PM when Barb and Karen showed up. So everyone was here and checked in,
I was able to sleep in this morning and got 11:15 hours of sleep so I felt great this morning. My travel sim I had purchased from Amazon would not work which was disappointing as I have used this brand of sim several times. As we will have to call taxi's several times on this trip I had to get my phone working. So finding a sim was job one.
By 12:00 everyone was up and rolling so we headed downtown where a phone shop was. I wound up purchasing a sim with 100 G of data and 1000 minutes of phone service for 13 euros. Job one complete.
Next up was lunch and we found a great little sidewalk café where we enjoyed a great brunch. Barb and Karen headed off on a walk and Ken Judy and myself got in a Tuk-tuk for a city tour.
There are hundreds of electric Tuk-tuks driving around and every corner has a dozen or more of them. The Tuk-tuk we choose gave us a great tour of the city and took us past the major city sites, before dropping us back at our Airbnb. One of the sites on the tour was the Cathedral of Santiago which is the start of the Portuguese Camino. Compared to some of the other cathedrals it is quite small and very plain in side. It is all the greyish sand stone and with very little decoration,
The weather here today was exceptional with highs of close to 20C and no wind. I sure hope that this is the weather we are going to have for the next couple of weeks.
What a great day in Lisbon.
Terry
