This walker got a late start this morning — I’ll blame jet lag — but once we got going, we made up for lost time. From Chiado and Bairro Alto to this panoramic view at Maradouro de Sao Paulo de Alcantara where one of us (not me) ate the much-lauded national dish of grilled sardines. 

From there down the funicular trail to the neighborhood of Baixa, Lisbon’s “downtown,” where we saw Rossio Square, the Riverfront and the Arch of Triumph. 

Lisbon was destroyed by a powerful earthquake, fire and tsunami in 1755, and much of what we saw today was built after that catastrophe. But one place survived the quake: the church of Sao Roque, which was built in the 16th century and named for the saint that provides protection against plagues and disease.  It seemed like a good place to spend some time today … and that’s just what we did.