Lisboa

I took a few days to go visit the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, arriving there on the overnight train from Madrid. Lisbon is a really cool little city, where the steep streets sloping down to the Tajo river are made of cobblestones and trams still run around the place instead of buses. The weather was a balmy 15 degrees, not bad for the middle of december.

I went out both nights there to check out the nighlife with the people from the hostal I stayed at. Bars and clubs seem come alive around 1am and generally stay open til 4am or later. My favourite was Lounge, a chilled out place playing a mix of 60s rock and roll and decor to go with it. I also noticed hordes of Erasmus students make up more than half of the nightlife this time of the year.