Lisbon Trip
One of the cool things about my
University is that I have been able to go on several trips with an organization
called ESN (Erasmus Student Network). Even better, is that a couple were
included in my program for free so all I had to do was show up. This past
weekend I had the opportunity to add another country to the list of countries I
have been able to see during my stay in Europe. I went on a five day trip to
Lisbon in Portugal. Well I say five days, but it felt like four of these days
were spent on the bus journey across Spain to arrive. In reality, the bus trip
was only a mere 12 or 13 hours but this essentially took up two days of the
trip.
However, this trip ended up being
really awesome and I had no idea I would like Portugal as much as I did. It was
honestly prettier than about all of the cities I have had the opportunity to
see in Spain. Furthermore, about everything in Lisbon was a little cheaper
which is always a plus in my books. Although, the first day when we arrived it
was pouring down rain and was fairly cold. It felt like this was the first time
I’ve been in this type of weather in so long. I had forgotten how it felt to
see rain actually coming down hard. My first purchase was an umbrella from a
person on the street and naturally with my luck this five dollar purchase
lasted about an entire 30 seconds before completely breaking in the wind and
rain and I was able to swim back to the hostel.
Other than that though, everything
was great. The trip was well planned, we were able to see some different parts
of the city including the coast and the most western point of Europe. The
latter was especially cool as were able to spend an hour or so and watch the
sunset there. Also, we had plenty of free time to explore and do things and see
things that we wanted. The city seemed even cooler with all the Christmas
decorations and lights that were up about the city. Also, it’s funny that on
these trips that there are actual plans for going out at night which would
never be included in activities organized by Universities in the US. Two of the
nights we had meeting points if you wanted to drink with everyone and after
there was a meeting stop to catch the bus to go to the discoteca for the night.
The other night there was a meeting point at spot overlooking the city in order
to hang out and meet people. These were really fun and there was also I believe
over 700 hundred students from other Erasmus organizations from other
Universities in Spain.
One of the cool things about my
University is that I have been able to go on several trips with an organization
called ESN (Erasmus Student Network). Even better, is that a couple were
included in my program for free so all I had to do was show up. This past
weekend I had the opportunity to add another country to the list of countries I
have been able to see during my stay in Europe. I went on a five day trip to
Lisbon in Portugal. Well I say five days, but it felt like four of these days
were spent on the bus journey across Spain to arrive. In reality, the bus trip
was only a mere 12 or 13 hours but this essentially took up two days of the
trip.
However, this trip ended up being
really awesome and I had no idea I would like Portugal as much as I did. It was
honestly prettier than about all of the cities I have had the opportunity to
see in Spain. Furthermore, about everything in Lisbon was a little cheaper
which is always a plus in my books. Although, the first day when we arrived it
was pouring down rain and was fairly cold. It felt like this was the first time
I’ve been in this type of weather in so long. I had forgotten how it felt to
see rain actually coming down hard. My first purchase was an umbrella from a
person on the street and naturally with my luck this five dollar purchase
lasted about an entire 30 seconds before completely breaking in the wind and
rain and I was able to swim back to the hostel. 
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