Up and down on the seven hills

Wanna go see Lisbon?
Rule number one - get comfy shoes.
Rule number two - make sure you get really comfy shoes.
Rule number three - prepare for a lot of climbing and do not forget the comfy shoes!*

I heard that Lisbon is called a city of seven hills... oh if only. It is like a never-ending roller coaster of stairs and steep and very slippery sidewalks.

Once you have to have to climb up, to have to go down around the corner. Lots of narrow streets with old, scruffy buildings mixed with the new ones covered in glass. I still don't know how delivery cars manage to drive there.

The photos here are not from the part that is normally flooded with tourists (the very center and all the way up to the castle on top of one of the hills). It is the other side which is equally nice, but less crowded and less hyped.

Despite the heat, some streets are so narrow that is easy to find shadow provided by the buildings on both sides.

Let's have a little peek through the door here.
That's what I thought - up again.

There is a tram there that works like an elevator going up and down. And looks like a quite a big attraction.
The etreet is on the angle, but the tram floor is flat. You can get a better idea of what I am saying on this photo.

I didn't know it was there in a first place until I looked though the door. I did see a big queue from a distance though. As I got closer, I thought it was for the burger place that is just right next to it. First thought: "damn, those must be some special burgers to make people stand in a queue for them". But to my disappointment, it wasn't the awesome burgers that had all the people waiting there. They were queueing for the elevator 😏.

Aaaand up again...

A little photoshoot on the stairs. Quite narrow with one tree sticking out in the middle and a big blue building on the right (it was all covered in lovely, blue tiles. There will be time to post it in colour. It was stunning!).

And down...
I can't even remember right now where exactly that was. It is a maze.
A very enjoyable maze if you like just walking around.





*Unless you are planning just sit and sip wine. No comfy shoes needed :)