Last Call (Portugal)

By the time we got to Lisbon, Portugal I think were all a little cocky in our travel skillz, but most of us didn’t put them to much use because we were all tired and ready to wander around taking in whatever Portugal had to offer. Portugal was another interesting country, kind of like Malta (why the heck did we even go to Malta?.....) I digress. I had a difficult time pinning down exactly what “Portuguese” was, but it seemed to feel a little bit like Spain, but more relaxed. The people were nice, time seemed slow, and finally the sun was the perfect temperature. The days spent in Portugal were filled with meandering the streets, surfing, visiting aquariums, and wondering how we were ever going to get used to being in one country for longer than a week. In Portugal we breathed in the last bit of Mediterranean freedom before finals, sea days, and finally the end. I think I spent more time enjoying the sunsets in this port than any of the last, and I think Portugal felt like a sunset, beautiful yet bittersweet.