(continuation of the same letter)
We made it onto the train OK after frantic last minute search for a lost ticket. We found it, after several more conversations in French.
We left at 10 and my niece was hard to keep awake til then, but she went right to sleep on my sister's lower bunk. At first, my sister put her child's head at the window and piled suitcases between bed and sink while she slept at the window end -- later on they switched so the baby slept between my sister and the wall and they both slept surprisingly well considering that she woke at 2:30 and 5:30 for a bottle each time. Her dinner had been meager -- oatmeal and meat sticks -- and she is tiring of oatmeal.
Fields
Waking up in the train
Portugal - fence and garden by track
Train station from the train
Now in Lisbon we could FINALLY buy some baby food. Gerber's strained is 30 cents for a small can. My sister had planned to get some on arrival in Madrid -- but on Sat. (holiday) and Sun. all the stores were closed -- except for 4 drug stores which were on special duty. We tried to track them down but no luck.
Looking out the Hotel Borges window
Our room at Hotel Borges was large, with bath. It looked out on the Rua Garrett, a busy shopping street right in the middle of town. So we could switch off, shopping while my niece napped. The baby's crib is Italian Renaissance and she is 'out' in it now having taken some of those expensive carrots.
We'll take an afternoon tour, and we both *love* Portugal. It's clean and you'd never guess it were a police state. A combination of San Francisco and Paris. (My mother's note here said: I would like to know what THEY know about San Francisco -- They have been there only in the ova state as far as I can remember!). Steep hills drop right down to the river Tagus. Yellow streetcars.
Yellow trolley
The hill facades are studded with many colored fisherman's houses. French is the second language to the Portuguese and our French is again refreshed. Much brighter than Spain and Madrid -- more prosperous. Many French tourists, but not so many Americans.
Tiled building
I bought groceries ($5.00) for lunch and we ate while the baby slept and I think this will be SOP.
An old postcard of Monsterio do Jeronimos at night
Dear D.
Your cousin and Aunt and I arrived here this morning and we are to take a city tour this afternoon. We have a nice big crib -- and a bathroom. Last night we spent on the train. There are lots of silks to buy at about $3.00 a yard. Mummy tried to drink some lemon squash without diluting it and your aunt laughed. They sell Gerber baby food here in the stores.
Love Mummy
The first day we were here, we took a very swanky city tour. Currently a city tour similar to the one we took would be $23.30 for adults. It seems to leave from the same place as our tour did (the Marquês de Pombal monument) and take in some of the same sights, such as the Avenida da Liberdade, Jeronimos Monastery and the Tower of Belém. We got out to walk around at the Tower of Belem and we went into the Jeronimos Monestary. We also saw the Lisbon hospital and medical school, Black Horse Square, the Doca de Bom Sucesso which is a fake lighthouse, and the Vasco de Gama monument.
The tour was on a two-decker bus and had headphones with commentary simultaneously in seven languages.
Our bus from the Vasco de Gama monument
We saw many of the "Squares"
Remolares Square has a statue the sculptor José Simões de Almeida in memory of the Duke of Terceira, who commanded the wars in liberal constitutional troops, Following the 1755 earthquake, the area was rebuilt with new urban design, which was then referred to as the new Pombal square
Praça Duque da Terceira - Cais do Sodré
Praça do Comércio from the bus
Praça do Comércio is near the Tagus river, and is still commonly known as Terreiro do Paço (Palace Square), because it was the location of the Paços da Ribeira (Royal Ribeira Palace) until it was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon Earthquake.
Marquess of Pombal Square
Marquess of Pombal Square looking the other way
Other squares include Marquess of Pombal Square which doesn't seem that square to me because it is a very big garden in a median. In the middle of the roundabout there is a large column dedicated to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras
Restauradores Square
Restauradores Square isn't a square of restaurants, but is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640, after 60 years of Spanish domination. The obelisk in the middle of the square, inaugurated in 1886, carries the names and dates of the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War, in 1640
My niece and the mosaic pavement out the bus window
Praça da Figueira (Square of the Fig Tree) is a large square in the center of Lisbon. The equestrian statue representing King John I (1357-1433), was not there when we made the tour in 1964 as it was not installed until 1971
Medical School at the University
We made it onto the train OK after frantic last minute search for a lost ticket. We found it, after several more conversations in French.
We left at 10 and my niece was hard to keep awake til then, but she went right to sleep on my sister's lower bunk. At first, my sister put her child's head at the window and piled suitcases between bed and sink while she slept at the window end -- later on they switched so the baby slept between my sister and the wall and they both slept surprisingly well considering that she woke at 2:30 and 5:30 for a bottle each time. Her dinner had been meager -- oatmeal and meat sticks -- and she is tiring of oatmeal.
Fields
Waking up in the train
Portugal - fence and garden by track
Monday, 20 July
We came on the night train and were fascinated by what we saw at dawn. Farmhouses painted in bright fuchsia shades of pinks and greens. Lots of green, trees -- very few to be found in barren Spain.
Train station from the train
Now in Lisbon we could FINALLY buy some baby food. Gerber's strained is 30 cents for a small can. My sister had planned to get some on arrival in Madrid -- but on Sat. (holiday) and Sun. all the stores were closed -- except for 4 drug stores which were on special duty. We tried to track them down but no luck.
Looking out the Hotel Borges window
Our room at Hotel Borges was large, with bath. It looked out on the Rua Garrett, a busy shopping street right in the middle of town. So we could switch off, shopping while my niece napped. The baby's crib is Italian Renaissance and she is 'out' in it now having taken some of those expensive carrots.
We'll take an afternoon tour, and we both *love* Portugal. It's clean and you'd never guess it were a police state. A combination of San Francisco and Paris. (My mother's note here said: I would like to know what THEY know about San Francisco -- They have been there only in the ova state as far as I can remember!). Steep hills drop right down to the river Tagus. Yellow streetcars.
Yellow trolley
The hill facades are studded with many colored fisherman's houses. French is the second language to the Portuguese and our French is again refreshed. Much brighter than Spain and Madrid -- more prosperous. Many French tourists, but not so many Americans.
Tiled building
I bought groceries ($5.00) for lunch and we ate while the baby slept and I think this will be SOP.
An old postcard of Monsterio do Jeronimos at night
Dear D.
Your cousin and Aunt and I arrived here this morning and we are to take a city tour this afternoon. We have a nice big crib -- and a bathroom. Last night we spent on the train. There are lots of silks to buy at about $3.00 a yard. Mummy tried to drink some lemon squash without diluting it and your aunt laughed. They sell Gerber baby food here in the stores.
Love Mummy
The first day we were here, we took a very swanky city tour. Currently a city tour similar to the one we took would be $23.30 for adults. It seems to leave from the same place as our tour did (the Marquês de Pombal monument) and take in some of the same sights, such as the Avenida da Liberdade, Jeronimos Monastery and the Tower of Belém. We got out to walk around at the Tower of Belem and we went into the Jeronimos Monestary. We also saw the Lisbon hospital and medical school, Black Horse Square, the Doca de Bom Sucesso which is a fake lighthouse, and the Vasco de Gama monument.
The tour was on a two-decker bus and had headphones with commentary simultaneously in seven languages.
Our bus from the Vasco de Gama monument
We saw many of the "Squares"
Remolares Square has a statue the sculptor José Simões de Almeida in memory of the Duke of Terceira, who commanded the wars in liberal constitutional troops, Following the 1755 earthquake, the area was rebuilt with new urban design, which was then referred to as the new Pombal square
Praça Duque da Terceira - Cais do Sodré
Praça do Comércio from the bus
Praça do Comércio is near the Tagus river, and is still commonly known as Terreiro do Paço (Palace Square), because it was the location of the Paços da Ribeira (Royal Ribeira Palace) until it was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon Earthquake.
Marquess of Pombal Square
Marquess of Pombal Square looking the other way
Other squares include Marquess of Pombal Square which doesn't seem that square to me because it is a very big garden in a median. In the middle of the roundabout there is a large column dedicated to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras
Restauradores Square
Restauradores Square isn't a square of restaurants, but is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640, after 60 years of Spanish domination. The obelisk in the middle of the square, inaugurated in 1886, carries the names and dates of the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War, in 1640
My niece and the mosaic pavement out the bus window
Praça da Figueira (Square of the Fig Tree) is a large square in the center of Lisbon. The equestrian statue representing King John I (1357-1433), was not there when we made the tour in 1964 as it was not installed until 1971
Medical School at the University
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