Today was a low energy day. I had some breakfast, I organized my stuff, I put my feet up and played some games.
Around noon I thought I should go out for a walk and went down to the water and back. I got a shawarma kind of a thing on the way. It was good, cheap and fast.
Lisbon is probably the best place in Portugal to get non-Portuguese food. There seem to be a lot of Nepalese restaurants. I was wondering if there is a connection between Portugal and Nepal. Looked it up. There is no particular connection other than Nepal is a source of cheap labor and Nepalese come for jobs. Nepal is the ninth largest nationality in Portugal.
After my walk I needed to rest a bit before packing the bike up. When that was done I went to the rooftop bar for a beer. I was the only one there for a long time. A Scottish family came in and I started chatting with Andy. We had some lively conversation until their food came and I left to go find some for myself.
Since I was in no mood to think I selected a hamburger place nearby. The walk there took me off the street I had been going up and back on to a kind of fancy street just 50 meters away. This was a walking avenue with Benetton and Zara shops.
I was the only one in the place but the burger was good. No thinking: mission accomplished. They did have quite a few takeout orders and GrubHub and when I left I saw there were several tables of people outside. In a lot of Europe people seem to prefer to eat outside even when the weather has them wearing heavy coats. I think I was more comfortable inside wearing my T-shirt.
When I came back to the hotel I thought I might check the bar for Andy and family ... they are Scottish. They were still there and we continued chatting and I had another beer.
Now I have a 5am wakeup and it's Uber to the airport.
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