More Historic Lisbon...

On our final day in Lisbon, we decided to take the historic street car for a loop around the historic district. It was nice idea, but the execution wasn’t great as it was so crowded we couldn’t sit and then it got stuck while workers repaired the electrical lines. Lucky for me, we hopped off right in front of a small jewelry shop where I found the perfect pair of earrings made of cork.

Once back on foot, we visited several churches and this lovely viewpoint...

...with a massive tiled wall.

This tiled entryway even had tiled planter boxes.

The National Theatre D Maria II was built in 1848 in the neoclassical style. Rossio Square featured an optical illusion depending upon which way you viewed the mosaic as here it looks like the ground is wavy...

...but here it is flat.

One of the funniest places we happened across looked at first like some kind of circus-themed candy store. What a surprise to find that the entire store sold just one thing: canned sardines.

We were so enthralled by the colors and displays that we never stopped to consider that we were never even offered a taste of these traditionally cheap fish, but that didn’t stop us from paying a premium to buy my dad a can with his birth year shown on a new can of fish.