Last breakfast on board and everyone is very sorry to be getting off the boat. I have not heard one negative comment about our boat, our cruise or Croisi - everything has been first class, accommodation, facilities food, excursions, crew, included drinks (anything but top shelf and all day long) etc, etc, etc.
Last good byes at breakfast before we taxi to Porto Camphana station for train to Lisbon - about 2.5 hours, First Class for €25.50. Good train, but not among the best in Europe. Almost fully booked and I would not have wanted to battle the Economy crowds given the numbers and luggage I saw on the platform. Portugal does not have the most modern long distance rail infrastructure, but on time, and we hit 241km/hr in one spot.
Checked into Emporium Lisbon Suites (small new build in old shell, boutique apartment block) on the river just inside the old Alfama area. We are on the 4th floor overlooking the water and a small square which is heing redeveloped. Stocked up for breakfast supplies and then some feet up time. Cruise ships pass by to dock just down river from us and the river seems to be about 1km wide in front of us.
Out for a wander around the very hilly Alfama precinct. Alfama was not severely impacted by Lisbon's 1755 earthquake and is a maze of old alleyways heading off in all directions. Many are lucky to be 2m wide, laundry is strung above the alleys and there are cafes every few properties.
We probably have 40 restaurants within a 100m radius of our residence, so it was off to one of the more upmarket ones this evening - grilled sardines, great!
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