On the second day in Portugal we went to Belem. We went to a huge monastery that is famous in Lisbon. It looked like a typical cathedral inside. Which made me wonder the real defining difference between a monastery and an abbey. Because this monastery wasn't what I thought a monastery was like.
Then we went to a famous pastry shop, Pasteis de Belem, and got a traditional Portuguese pastry. It was a little custard filled cup that they sprinkled cinnamon and sugar over. It was so very good. They served it warm and it was just to die for.
Even mosaic tiles for the name of the shop! The walkways here are just incredible!
Here's the Lisbon rip off of the Golden Gate bridge. They call theirs the 25 de Abril bridge. Wikipedia says that it was built by the same company that did the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge, so there you go. I wish you could tell but it's bright red too. And then there's a rip off of the huge Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro behind it.
Cool marble map of the world by the river. I found and stood on Utah!
Standing by England and Portugal!
This is the tower of Belem, which I really liked. It was a fortress on the river, to defend against enemy ships!
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