We walked down the length of the Avenue de Liberdade came upon a large square at the end. The amount of tourists really picked up at this point. We saw tour busses loading and unloading and folks with name tags streaming by. We stopped in at H&M and took the escalator, not to avoid the line at the elevator but, to look for some clothes for Leslie. Riding the escalator back down to street level. we continued on to the waters edge. This took us to the Praca do Comercio, a large square with folks snapping selfies right and left. It was used for parking back in the 60's but it is now a large open space with center statue. It was across the street from the Arco da Rua Augusta, a very large and impressive triumphal arch. We sat on the wall and ate some lunch watching the people and the gulls. Then we walked along the water seeing the rock stacking guy and various cafes. We ended up at the Time Out Market but the veggie stalls had all closed. There were many food stalls all along the perimeter and tables to eat at in the center. It was quite busy but we were not hungry. We wandered back in the direction that we had come taking a few detours to see new areas. We were unsuccessful in finding the items we needed so we headed back to El Corte Ingles. There we were able to find laundry detergent, breath mints and some air fresheners. The shrimps looked good so we got some for happy hour and the rosemary was also obtained and used to roast our chicken dinner.
The Avenue Liberdade's trees are very thick
This griffin looked like it drank too much
Plaza #1
Nice bas relief on the side of the Hard Rock of all places
The invisible knight
A very deco theater
Leslie getting her rings adjusted
Silliness
A gold ore crushing statue
The ornate details were over the top
This is a famous elevator that people will wait an hour to ride
Classic cars are for hire to tour the city
Plaza #2
The arch is from 1873 and is does not celebrate a specific victory, rather it is celebrating Lisbon
A nice sunny day
The columns are 11 meters tall
A cute elephant on the central statue
The river Tagus at its widest
A big cruise ship was in port
THe gulls here were much more sedate than in the UK
A large span of river to cross
The Redeemer
A mysterious structure
Shark rocks
Many rock "figures"
Two hearts
Working diligently and occasionally flashing the plumbers butt, the rock man
Gull buffet
Crab, duck and mermaid
Great EU flag
Waving it the breeze
Steer hard to the right
Nice hat
Off to the market
Very busy
Don't mind if I do
the bangs look like curtains
Tiles everwhere
No time for the British Bar....yet
The churro columns
Rakes for hands
The money museum
Another neighborhood, another design ion the sidewalks
This building is getting ahead
The balconies reminded us of Gaudi
This is how a grand building should look like
Guard shack
Blue Sky Blue
More data needed on this statue
A big bat
A very skinny building
