Tomorrow we take an open-top bus tour of the city. The boys are so excited. Look for more pictures to come and hopefully a video tour of our apartment. (If I can figure the camera out.)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Our Day at Cascais
Tuesday we took a 30 minute train ride to the beautiful city of Cascais. It is right on the water and a huge tourist and surfing area. One M couple on our team is working with the surfers in the area. They, along with one of our J-girls, showed us around the quaint little city and the seaside as well. The views were amazing. The waves were crashing so hard that it sounded like thunder at times. I told them that I had a new place to add on my list of favorite places. It is nice to know in just 30 minutes we can be out of the city and in this beautiful place. I told them they would not have to twist my arm for us to come back. Below are some of the pictures we took along the way. They can not do the beauty of this place justice.
Tomorrow we take an open-top bus tour of the city. The boys are so excited. Look for more pictures to come and hopefully a video tour of our apartment. (If I can figure the camera out.)
Tomorrow we take an open-top bus tour of the city. The boys are so excited. Look for more pictures to come and hopefully a video tour of our apartment. (If I can figure the camera out.)
American Football
I had to come to Portugal just to play football and I had been thinking soccer all the way. It was harder than I thought and I was sore for 2 or 3 days!
(Micah)
(Micah)
Friday, January 9, 2009
FINALLY HERE!!!
After many months of preparation, we are finally in Lisbon. We arrived with all over our luggage and the boys intact. The flights over were great and the boys have decided that they love flying. We arrived to find almost all of our team was there to greet us; of course with 14 bags, a guitar, carry-ons and the four of us, plus our friend C traveling with us, it would take them all to get our stuff transported.
We will be staying in another M’s apartment for a while. They are in the US and this will give us time to look for a place that will meet our needs and school needs for the boys. The apartment is great! After delivering all our stuff to the apartment, we headed down the street to eat dinner at Pizza Hut! The boys were excited and the pizza was really good. We then stopped by a small market to pick up a few things for breakfast before heading home and crashing.
Wednesday morning we were up early to go open a bank account. This is no easy task. First we had to go wait in line to receive a passport stamp verifying that we were legitamently in the country, then we had to go to another place and wait in another line to get registered for something similar to our Social Security and then we took all that documentation to the bank to open an account. It really wasn’t that bad and everyone was nice, but it is just very different from running in the bank at home.
While we were running all over town, another M was watching the boys for us. He took them to see a beach and an old fort. Ethan was very impressed and full of details (imagine that). Micah got to see both the big soccer stadiums here. I think they had a good time.
Our big adventure for the day was dinner. We decided to venture out on our own! We wanted to explore our neighborhood a little, so we just picked a street and started walking. We found a place that grilled meat and the menu was in pictures so we pointed to what we wanted and took it back to the apartment. We were very excited to find chicken, rice, fries (they always have fries) and salad. There was more food than we could eat. We felt like we had really accomplished something and it was a great boost to our moral, but something tells me every outing won’t be that easy.
Over the next few days our team has a lot of sightseeing and other adventures planned for us, beginning with a welcome dinner tonight at Chili’s! My goal is to update each day over the next few weeks so that you can see what we get to do.
We will be staying in another M’s apartment for a while. They are in the US and this will give us time to look for a place that will meet our needs and school needs for the boys. The apartment is great! After delivering all our stuff to the apartment, we headed down the street to eat dinner at Pizza Hut! The boys were excited and the pizza was really good. We then stopped by a small market to pick up a few things for breakfast before heading home and crashing.
Wednesday morning we were up early to go open a bank account. This is no easy task. First we had to go wait in line to receive a passport stamp verifying that we were legitamently in the country, then we had to go to another place and wait in another line to get registered for something similar to our Social Security and then we took all that documentation to the bank to open an account. It really wasn’t that bad and everyone was nice, but it is just very different from running in the bank at home.
While we were running all over town, another M was watching the boys for us. He took them to see a beach and an old fort. Ethan was very impressed and full of details (imagine that). Micah got to see both the big soccer stadiums here. I think they had a good time.
Our big adventure for the day was dinner. We decided to venture out on our own! We wanted to explore our neighborhood a little, so we just picked a street and started walking. We found a place that grilled meat and the menu was in pictures so we pointed to what we wanted and took it back to the apartment. We were very excited to find chicken, rice, fries (they always have fries) and salad. There was more food than we could eat. We felt like we had really accomplished something and it was a great boost to our moral, but something tells me every outing won’t be that easy.
Over the next few days our team has a lot of sightseeing and other adventures planned for us, beginning with a welcome dinner tonight at Chili’s! My goal is to update each day over the next few weeks so that you can see what we get to do.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Happy Trails
3 more days. It is hard to believe that in 3 more days we will be on our way to Portugal. We have had a wonderful time with family and the last few dasy have been busy. We wanted to share some of the highlights with you.
Yes, our last few days have been full - haircuts, packing, college basketball games, packing, eating out at our favorite places, packing, playing ball at the YMCA and of course, packing. We will also be sharing with 2 churches on Sunday before leaving from Charlotte around noon on Monday (thank goodness it is not an early flight). We are almost packed - 13 bags, 4 carry-ons and one guitar to be exact. What an adventure that has been. We started with 10 bags and have made numerous "last trips" to Walmart. I think the greeter knows us by name now! Hopefully won't have to return anytime soon.
Please pray for us as we travel and that us and all our luggage will arrive safely. This is the first time the boys have ever flown and I think they are excited, but a little nervous too. We also still have good-byes to say. Pray that we will survive it all and be ready to hit the ground running.
Yes, our last few days have been full - haircuts, packing, college basketball games, packing, eating out at our favorite places, packing, playing ball at the YMCA and of course, packing. We will also be sharing with 2 churches on Sunday before leaving from Charlotte around noon on Monday (thank goodness it is not an early flight). We are almost packed - 13 bags, 4 carry-ons and one guitar to be exact. What an adventure that has been. We started with 10 bags and have made numerous "last trips" to Walmart. I think the greeter knows us by name now! Hopefully won't have to return anytime soon.
Please pray for us as we travel and that us and all our luggage will arrive safely. This is the first time the boys have ever flown and I think they are excited, but a little nervous too. We also still have good-byes to say. Pray that we will survive it all and be ready to hit the ground running.
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