Lisbon, Portugal in winter. . . . . . . . . .

Lisbon cascades down many hills to the waterfront along the great River Tagus

 making it one of the world's most beautiful capital cities.

We arrived early morning as the city awoke.

The second longest suspension bridge in Europe - first named the Salazar, now officially

 the 25 April Bridge, but also answers to the name of the Tagus Bridge, or just 'the Bridge'.

Early morning ferries.

Once ashore we headed to the Hop On Hop Off bus knowing we would require

 transportation up those hills. Unfortunately the weather was very cold and although

 we started out on the open top deck - dressed in layers - we were so cold and

 windblown, that we had to move to the lower enclosed deck which of course

 was not conducive to taking photos.

Quite honestly I was frozen and really miserable on this particular sightseeing

trip - it took me forever to get warm again - and I felt somewhat glum when we

did get off the bus and walked, which we probably would have enjoyed more 

for our entire visit to this lovely city.

Looking down from the hillsides of Lisbon.

Lunch at a small restaurant where the chef and waiter were lovely guys,

all the other customers were locals, and our food was prepared to order.

 The Portuguese wine was excellent.

Thankfully I felt warm again after this stop!

Here you can get the feeling of the narrow, hilly streets.

We walked a few once off the bus and have to admit they were

quite a workout.

Torre de Belém - the five-storey fortress built between 1515 and 1521 to

 guard the approach to the city by water.

Lisbon was actually our first port of call on the cruise in December.

Next time I'll share our last stop before returning to England, the interesting

 city of La Coruña in northern Spain.