On Sunday morning we went to second on the way, to explore the old town of Lisbon. The sun stayed fortunately not at the weather report and beamed from the sky. Without wind it was quickly very warm. We walked along the Tego direction Baxia, the old business district of Lisbon.

But soon we realized, that Lisbon was a size too big for us. After manageable and rather cozy Porto, gave it everything in abundance: Too much traffic, too many people, too much noise and, unfortunately, a lot of dirt. Also, this city of millions was not explored on foot, the paths between the individual interesting corners were very long and led us into areas, were the very dilapidated and marked by poverty. Added to this was, that we both probably a little "city-tired" were. It was time for outdoors and deserted coves and beaches.

On the other hand, there were also very nice place with outdoor cafes, great old buildings and houses, narrow streets and wide, impressive streets and great parks. Nevertheless, we did not feel really comfortable. So we decided, us with the hop-on-and-off bus to provide at least a brief overview and left us almost two hours to the many attractions of Lisbon chauffeured. The Tour reconciled us back to the city and next year we will certainly again give Lisbon a chance.

In the harbor we decided with the SY MENTOR and JOY OF LIFE the next day to head south. Without stopping we wanted to escape the fickle wind on the Atlantic coasts and hop in the Algarve just relax along the coast, swim and anchor.