We spent the day walking and touring. Breakfast was a trial. We ordered at the counter by pointing to the pastries and specifying the type of coffee. They tell us go sit somewhere. After 5 minutes we see a guy with a tray with our pastries but no coffee walking around, but not coming anywhere near our table. Since nobody claimed the order, he went back to the counter. They don’t know the number system here. We gave up and tried another cafe. Same deal only this time the guy came out with 2 coffees and only one pastry. Lots of inefficiencies here. We saw a large building being refurbished – one guy with a 4in. sponge. It’s going to take him 30 years. We went to the shopping area and surprising many stores were open (Sunday). In the evening we went to traditional Portuguese music performance (Fado) (Casa de Linhares). Very overpriced but performance was excellent.
We spent the day walking and touring. Breakfast was a trial. We ordered at the counter by pointing to the pastries and specifying the type of coffee. They tell us go sit somewhere. After 5 minutes we see a guy with a tray with our pastries but no coffee walking around, but not coming anywhere near our table. Since nobody claimed the order, he went back to the counter. They don’t know the number system here. We gave up and tried another cafe. Same deal only this time the guy came out with 2 coffees and only one pastry. Lots of inefficiencies here. We saw a large building being refurbished – one guy with a 4in. sponge. It’s going to take him 30 years. We went to the shopping area and surprising many stores were open (Sunday). In the evening we went to traditional Portuguese music performance (Fado) (Casa de Linhares). Very overpriced but performance was excellent.
OK, so you make it sound like Lisbon is NOT high on the to-be-visited list!!! Maybe they need a new Education/counting department?
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