Day 23 Lisbon-Porto
Today we headed for the Oceanario (Aquarium). To get there you had to go to a more modern looking area with a fancy mall and a nice boardwalk. Apparently they had built this area for the Expo '98. It was a nice area. When we got out of the metro, it had started to drizzle, so doing indoor stuff today was great planning on our part. We walked along the water for a little bit in search of the Aquarium and finally found it. The Aquarium was so nice and peaceful. In the centre was a huge tank that you could see from all areas as you went around, and from the centre were 4 areas: the Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctic and Indian Oceans. They had penguins and cute otters and, obviously, all kinds of fish. The big tank was so mesmerizing. It was great, definitely a nice way to spend the day. After the Aquarium trip, we grabbed some food at the food court (somehow I was able to eat seafood) and then we headed to the area around the Lisbon castle. To get there we had to walk through the poorer parts of town and climb uphill quite a ways, but it was definitely interesting. At the top we decided not to go into the castle since we didn't have much time left before our train. We sat for a bit people-watching and then headed back down the hill to our hotel to get our bags. We caught the train to Porto and the 3 hour train was pretty uneventful. By the time we got into Porto, it was late and dark. We had to walk uphill to get to our hotel. (What's with all the uphill?!) The place looked completely abandoned. There were only a few people in a square near our hotel outside a café. Otherwise, there seemed to be no one in the streets. We got to our hotel and were shown a room bigger than most of the ones we had been in since the start of the trip, which was nice because we were going to be here for 3 nights. We went to check the view out of our window and noticed that we had some furry friends sitting on a roof that was about 2 meters below us. It was 3 cats and they started meowing when we opened the window. I couldn't resist so I fed them some crackers, the only thing we had in our bags. I didn't think they'd eat them, but they gobbled them up and attracted the attention of another cat. They didn't look like they were strays. They had nice fur and didn't look overly skinny, but they seemed famished. They were so cute. After explaining that we had no more food, I had to close the window so I wouldn't hear them meowing anymore. I hoped that I would see them again the next day.
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