{"id":1502,"date":"2026-10-03T08:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliangamble.com\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:42:32","slug":"thur-1-oct-landing-in-lisbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliangamble.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/thur-1-oct-landing-in-lisbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur 1 Oct – Landing In Lisbon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After more than 24 hours on flights – the main goal for this day was to get in and beat jet-lag by staying awake. Thoughts today are fairly unsynthesised, and captured in point form as an experience-snapshot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the airport, custard tarts are EUR2.55, which feels after conversion, the same as or slightly cheaper than Sydney. A theme for the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Cafe menu offers a steak with a fried egg on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisbon airport feels like Brisbane, more intimate, more of a personal touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisbon Airport has a system with your name on it for meeting your driver. We are told our driver will get turn up in about 10 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The traffic from the airport is unhurried. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taxi drivers in traffic open windows to exchange conversation, I feel like I\u2019m in a 1970s Michael Caine movie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longer stretches of driving along roads overhung with trees with a touch of autumn leaves – in the middle of the highways oleander shrubs flower in white. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We drive to a city roundabout surrounded by pink buildings with white window frames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are some serious tiles in this place. A theme for the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trams are fearless on the narrow hilly streets – I can definitely see a famous architect getting killed by one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived at our apartment and the lifts were quirky and unhurried. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A moment for a shower. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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