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it was good to wake
up to the familiar sight of the lovely city of Lisbon, as
we were preparing to dock. For some reason, Bruce didn't
feel too well today. This won't come as too much of a surprise
to anybody who read the account of our day at sea yesterday.
Yes, he eat too much and probably had more to drink than
he would normally do. As a result, he did not have a good
night. Geoff, on the other hand, was fine! |
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It took ages to get
the gangway in place. It was supplied by the port, because
the tide made it difficult to use the ship's own gangway. |
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The ship took on a lot
of provisions here - four container loads! It was fascinating
to watch the loading process. |
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With Bruce not feeling
up to it, Geoff went off to re-explore the city (last visited
in 2016) for himself. Most of our fellow passengers went
on the organised excursion. |
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Of course,
Geoff found the special shop selling Pasties de Nara and treated
himself to one (or possibly two!). |
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While
Geoff was out, Bruce felt better and decided to go out for a short
stroll too,
accompanied by fellow passenger, Susan. |
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Geoff
took quite a few photos of Lisbon's trams and tiles! |
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Returning to the ship,
the tide had risen considerably and it now became clear
why we needed a very long gangway! |
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Our friend (and cruise
director) Neil, knowing that Bruce hadn't been feeling too
well in the morning, returned from the passenger excursion
with a packet of six Pasties de Nara (aka Pasties de Belem)
for us. Bruce was, by now, feeling a whole lot better and
gratefully got stuck into them, while Geoff chose to enjoy
a Cosmopolitan cocktail instead! |
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Late
afternoon and it was time to set sail again, with a stunning setting
to sail away from! |
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The last time we sailed
away from Lisbon (in 2016), we encountered extremely high
winds as soon as we left the port and had a very bad trip
to Porto. Our sailing, on this occasion from Lisbon to Coimbra,
could not have been more different, something for which
we were very grateful. |
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