Now about yesterday: the flight was usual- little leg room, crying babies; we also were almost late for it and they called C' name out on the speakers, how embarrassing! 😅 Upon arrival we had to wait almost an hour for a luggage to arrive so everything was 'out of schedule' (not that we had a schedule planned to the minute....). From the airport we took the metro to the station Oriente; I knew you could leave suitcases there in a nearby train station and the plan was to go to Oceanario Lisboa- one of the world's best oceanworld, which was just walk away.
The metro and train station are connected so the trains are on the upper floor. It was fun to get there with 2 suitcases, 2 backpacks and a little hand bag😂 and when we eventually get there, we learned that the locker room is actually downstairs, just behind the entrance to the metro station! We spend a while trying to find our way around as it wasn't well marked and not many locals knew where it is, but with help of a policeman we made it 😄 Suitcases in, 2 lockers taken, cause we had so much stuff, we decided to go and eat in opposite Vasco Da Gama shopping center. We had pizza in a lovely Pasta Cafe.
After quick wonder around shopping centre, off we went to find Oceanarium.
It was amazing! I really like nature and animals, despite fish not being my favourite pick🐠. But everything was nicely laid out, easy to take photos, not overcrowded and definitely educational! There was a big tank in the middle ('a big ocean') that you could see from different angles and sides, it had a wonderful variety of animals in there. There were also 'smaller oceans' representing particular ecosystems, including puffins, penguins and otters; as well as small tanks with selected, interesting species (jellyfish, octopus, crabs). There were also some educational corners for kids, but we skipped those...I try not to overwhelm you with the photos, so I'll post only few... But definitely recommend it! C enjoyed it as well despite being very tired and the fact that he only went there because I really wanted to see this place.
After that we grabbed some icecream, 2 metros and 1 train (despite multiple changes, everything was quite close to each other and easy to find), we arrived to Cascais, a lovely town 40 minutes away from Lisbon. From there a taxi took us to our campsite, Guincho. We set a tent and went for a stroll to find food. I'll write some more about campsites later... And that's how we ended this extreme tiring but exciting day!
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