Christo Rey

May 5, 2013-

Today was our last day in Lisbon. Our flight took off at 9:15 p.m. 

Throughout our whole time in Lisbon while we were near the sea we would look across and see a huge statue. After asking the hostel staff what it was we found out it was a Jesus statue name Christo Rey that had his arms open and overlooked the whole city. 

Our question: how do we get there?

We made our way from the hostel to the port and found a boat that would take us to the other side. There was a huge bridge, that supposedly looked like the Golden Gate Bridge and was designed by the same architect, but we learned that you couldn't walk on it, so our only option was a boat.

We got on the boat and then on a bus and eventually arrived at the Christo Rey. The statue was on top of a huge hill right on the coast. It overlooked the whole city of Lisbon and was surrounded by a huge park. 

Of course, being the tourists we are, we had a photo shoot of the statue and then of the bridge. The bridge was absolutely beautiful. I have never seen the Golden Gate Bridge so this was the closest thing I had seen to it. The bridge was massive.

It was a beautiful day and was so hot so we sat in the park overlooking the sea, all of Lisbon, and underneath Jesus until the sunset.

Eventually, in order to catch our flight, we had to get back on the bus and then the boat. We walked back up to the hostel to meet up with Cyd, who had been hanging out with her sister all day, and grabbed our luggage to go to the airport. On our way back up to the hostel there was a car show going on in the middle of the square. It reminded me of my Dad. Although I didn't know what kind of cars they were, I knew he would have loved to go look at them. 

We made it to the airport with time to spare. Our flight was delayed so we didn't get in to Barcelona until 12:15. After arriving to Barcelona we had to wait for the bus, which took more time, and then we got back to the main square: Plaza Catalunya. From Plaza Catalunya, since it was so late, we decided to take a bus that would take us near our apartment so that we didn't have to walk. OF COURSE, we took the wrong bus and ended up, I don't know where. We caught a taxi from a random bus station and eventually made it to our apartment at around 3 A.M. 

What a day! People don't give Portugal enough credit, what a beautiful country it really is, I was so happy to be able to go there!