Day 16: Lovin' the Lisbon Heat!

Fall? Autumn? I have nooo idea what you're talking about! Its pure summer weather here in Lisbon and I couldn't be happier! I think it was just under 30 degrees today- love it! I took the train from Porto this morning and got to my hostel with no problems. I'm staying in the Baixa area, apparantly on one of the best known shopping streets (warm weather, shopping...jealous yet? haha). I took a quick walk around this afternoon to check out the neighbourhood. One really interesting thing I saw was the Elevador de Santa Justa.




Doesn't it look strange?! It's an elevator built in 1902 that connects Baixa to another (higher up) area of town - the Bairro Alto. I heard you got some great views at the top (you know me and great views!) but the line up was quite long so I actually waited until after dinner to go back and check it out. And of course, it did not disappoint!



I thought I would be doing a lot of reading on my trip...but I haven't! I guess I'm too busy sightseeing! But I just finished my first book and I want to tell you about it becuase it was great! It's called "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. You may have heard about it becuase it was a New York Times Bestseller and they are currently making a movie based on it starring Julia Roberts. It's about a woman's journey to Italy, India and Indonesia to do just what the title says- eat, pray and love! Although some parts were a little too preachy for me (she goes into a lot of detail about yoga and God and so on), it was a really great story and it had a lot of stuff I could totally relate to! Here is one quote that I really enjoyed:

"Perhaps my life has not actually been so chaotic after all. It is merely this world that is chaotic, bringing changes to us all that nobody could have anticipated."

Love, Dianna

PS. Here are a few more pics from today...the first one was taken from my bedroom window!