Day Three

On Friday Brandon left for work once again at 6:00 am. Lydia and I determined that it would be a good day to visit the Oceanario (aquarium) in Lisbon. Had I known the travel time and effort required, we may have opted for another day at the beach! We had a 30 minute train ride to Lisbon, followed by another 30 minute metro ride complete with one transfer and a broken elevator or two and lastly a 15-20 minute walk to the aquarium. By the time we finally arrived, it was lunch time and nap time was rapidly approaching!

On the metro, I was so fortunate to meet an American woman (Jamie) with her two young kids also on the way to the aquarium. She lives in Portugal so Lydia and I were able to tag along with her. It was such a blessing because she knew the way to the aquarium and helped me fumble my way to the entrance. I am convinced I would STILL be wandering around Lisbon in search of the aquarium if she had not helped us out. It was also nice to spend a couple of hours with another English-speaking Mommy and her kids.

Once we entered the aquarium, the travel hassles all paid off. Lydia was in heaven. I have NEVER seen or heard her get so excited before! She was babbling non-stop, and quite loudly as well. It was good to see the other people smiling at her, because she was definately disturbing the peace! I told Jamie that I think it's a little preview of what is to come once Lydia finally does start talking... it appears that it will be without ceasing and we're going to need to work on practicing our "quiet voices".

We picked up some McDonalds to go before the 2 hour public transport trip back to the hotel. Another day with another late start to her nap, but the fun we had made it all worthwhile.