Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

10/3 We woke up in Luz, drove to Faro to return our car, then caught a bus to Sevilla.  The bus ride was fine, but when Melissa was boarding the bus driver was shouting no food at her in Spanish and wouldn't let her bring a bag of goodies.  So she stowed it in the luggage compartment... and we just ate what was in the cooler bag I had been carrying.  Our apartment in Sevilla was on the third floor of a nice older building.  We had this little interior balcony and the kids ate almost every meal out there.  That night we walked to a Flamenco show at Casa de la Memoria. It was HOT inside, but the show was really fun.  Everyone loved it.  Setas de Sevilla is a large structural sculpture.  We wandered around and found some dinner.  Just a few hours into our Spanish visit... sure we love Sevilla.  10/4 Friday morning we walked along the river and visited a replica of Nao Victoria. It was the first ship to circumnavigate the world in 1522....

9/25 We arrived in Lisboa the evening of 9/24 in a light rain and it took way too long to find a ride to our house.  We ended up paying $80 for a cab because the ride share apps couldn't seem to direct a car within the parking garage, even though that is where all the signs wanted us to wait.  The ride was fine, but the driver couldn't go to our door because the road was too steep and he didn't know if there was an exit at the bottom.  We then had quite a todo with closing the blind in the front room. We had to leave the window open because of the heat, but couldn't get the blind down.  The owner sent her son (in his 50's) to show us how the blind release worked.  Nothing was broken, just hadn't ever operated the style before.  The next morning we headed out to explore and find some breakfast.  This is the front of our apartment, complete with azulejos and a VERY steep road.   We wandered into a bakery a few blocks from home and picked up...