Lisbon (Lisboa)

We spent the day in Lisbon, returning to the Queluz pousada at about 4pm. We stopped firstly at the Maritime Museum with lots of models of ships that the early explorers used as well the actual royal barges dating from the 1700s.

There was a very large earthquake in Lisbon in 1755 in which 10% of the city's population was killed. Since then the city has been largely rebuilt.

It is a fine city built, like Rome, on 7 hills. It is famous for its old trams. When we were there it was very hot - the thermometers outside pharmacy's varied from 32-37 deg C. Whatever it actually was, it was in the mid 30s and felt very hot!