It being a small town, We had seen all we needed to see in Caldas on the first day. We thought why not take advantage of the free day to see a bit of Lisbon. Lisbon has a more metropolitan vibe than Porto. It is the most populated city in Portugal and is also the first place in two weeks we saw any bike lanes - protected and unprotected, but clearly marked.
We viewed several areas that had been recommended including one area that was proclaimed to have best of old town with the modern conveniences of today. Yes, and No. Since it wasn't on our list, we walked around a bit and decided to visit the Zoo which is across a major road from the bus and metro station.
These lovely murals, and others, were painted on the columns holding up the street.
The Zoo is HUGE. It is a throwback to the older style zoons like Brookfield outside of Chicago but clearly takes care of their animals in these oversized habitats. It is very charming. And hilly. And a wonderful way to spend a Sunday not 'working'.
This mom and baby were very active in the enormous raised platforms of their home.
The pelican JR is 'holding in his hand' was HUMONGOUS.
We saw this lovely statue at the entrance to the zoo. Someone had placed a stick in the monkeys hand and of course, we had to make a photoshoot out of it.
This has been a real, hard working 2 weeks to find our new community and our brains and bodies were fried. Fortunately, the zoo had a McDonalds and we had about an hour and a half before our bus left, so burgers & beer it is.
This beautiful guy was casing the McDonalds and trying to get the visitors to give him fries. There is a sign asking the visitors not to feed them, but as you might expect, the other American visitors did it anyway. He put on a nice show for me, but never did raise all his feathers; I guess I'm not his type.
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