Lisbon , a city of contrasts.

Well I have finally managed to load a photo.How?Not sure but it works.
The photo is at the head of the main square close to our apartment.

Well here we are in Lisbon ,the capital city of Portugal and home to about four million people. Built on seven hills and the victim of a severe earthquake  in1755 which destroyed many  of its heritage buildings Lisbon is now a fusion of architectural styles from the Manuelian Era to modern monsters housing the retail and banking sector. Their history goes back to the early stone ages but much of the history now is given as post earthquake.

Our apartment is in the old city, very close to the harbour,the train station,a food market and the main square. We are four floors up with very clean and spacious space to relax in,plus a kitchen and dining room in addition to our own room with a bathroom so we are very comfortable.
We do have a strip club downstairs on the street behind our apartment and the pink marking of  the street suggest a red light district but we may be jumping to conclusions.

Victor dropped us off in Lisbon yesterday at the top of the Avenue of Liberty and we walked to our apartment from there about an hour to find Alecrim Street and our apartment building. It was a bit confusing initially as the landscape is affected by the hills disecting the town so map reading was a challenge but we made it.
There was time for some lunch at the cafe nearby while we waited to be let into the apartment by a very helpful young woman happily with good English.

After a rest and some unpacking we went out for a look around the area and we were delighted to find a food market nearby with this huge food hall stocked with multiple business specialising in Portuguese food and wine. A very convivial  space and we ate our tea there and did some people watching before getting some provisions at the supermarket.

We enjoyed a promenade along the waterfront too which was very pleasant, lots of boats out and people sitting along the river bank enjoying the sunshine. Not as hot as we expected but very enjoyable strolling along and feeling a breeze off the water,not very clean water however so no desire to take a dip.Well I need to get rid of my cold first anyway.
Anyway it is time for bed,we have made the acquaintance of our new home so time to play, an our day tomorrow.