day four... part of our first weekend! :)

today was the start to our first weekend here. Laura and Erin helped us see the sights and show us the downtown things we needed to see. :) We left this morning and took the metro to downtown Lisbon. there was so much to see and i felt somewhat ridiculous walking around with my jaw dropped and camera out. this city is GORGEOUS!!! we made our way to a sweet swiss cafe for a mid-morning snack. :) i could see the ocean and a castle from my seat in the town square. :) and... i'm getting closer to ordering something on my own for real! :) 

we enjoyed walking around and seeing the sights (and hitting up the stores!) and then stopped for lunch! :) after someone else helped me order, i went to pay for my own and the kind young gentleman asked me a question. i stared blankly, then smiled graciously. he asked AGAIN and i smiled bigger and handed him my money. he laughed as i said "American." i realized he was probably asking if that was all. :) being foreign is almost fun sometimes! ;)

after lunch, we did some more sightseeing and shopping :) i'm liking it more and more here every store i walk into! ;) but seriously, we had a great day just galavanting around. this afternoon, we all almost crashed after a busy morning of walking and then we headed out to the math teacher's house for dinner. we had... PASTA. my favorite ever!!! we took some time to play with their (almost) 3-year-old and hold their new baby. :) it was another great segment of a great day. any successes to add to our fridge today? [our fridge has two lists of post-its. successes and failures. we might be in denial a little, but our failure list only has one note.] i got the first cold shower today... right in time to rinse off... so i hopped out of the shower today with blue lips and a brain freeze. but, krisanna and i added "changing the gas for the water heater" to the list of successes.

we've had a great four days and are excited to continue our adventures. i feel like i should form a book title... but i'm not creative enough...

also... people watching is the BEST pastime EVER here! but... that's another day, and another series of (who knows how many) pictures. :)