Primeiro Impressões

The anticipation was building in the weeks prior to our departure from the states and at last we have reached our destination. The journey consisted of a lot of patient waiting, cranky flight attendants and horrible airline food. However, once we landed in Aeroporto Lisboa, I remembered why I put myself through all that misery. Portugal is everything I dreamed it would me. I heard stories about the country through family and friends. Also, I learned a lot in Portuguese class about Portugal, their people and their way of life. Attending this Study Tour provided the opportunity for me to get a glance of everything I was learning. Although, I got little to no sleep the night before departure nor on the plane trip, I was ready to explore downtown Lisbon with Mr. Grossman and my new amigos. Portugal is a country which holds so much history engraved in its architecture, monuments and cobblestone streets. It was quite interesting roaming through the roads of the "Costa de Castello" because I noticed that the buildings were old and and not as advanced as we are used to back home. You could clearly tell the difference between the tourists and the natives because they were dressed in clothes that our grandparents used to wear in the olden days. OH AND I ALSO LEARNED THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET AT LEAST TWICE BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE PORTUGUES ARE NASCAR DRIVERS!!!