We flew in from Istanbul at 2330, Ross and Jacinta were meeting us there but with their flight delayed they were only scheduled to arrive at 0200 in the morning. We had booked an apartment near Bairro Alto in the centre of lisbon, they had told us ” don’t worry what time you arrive”, so when we got to the apartment at midnight we expected to walk straight In and fall into bed, unfortunately it didn’t go as smoothly as we had hoped. After buzzing 3 different door bells we got through the front door to be faced with a dark corridor of stairs. Lugging our backpacks to the top level we were confused to find the door locked and no one there to greet us. After waking the neighbours and another hour of knocking we decided to walk down the street and hopefully find somewhere else to crash. It was 0100 in the morning, so we were expecting to only find upperclass accommodation open and we’re sure we were going to have to fork out the money to stay a night at the Sheraton or Radisson. I definitely wouldn’t have minded a night of luxury but unfortunately our budget doesn’t stretch that far. Luckily we found a place not far from where we were supposed to be staying. For 40 euro for the night, a bit more than we would usually pay but at 0100am and no idea where to go we decided we better stay. Coincidentally our original accommodation messaged us half hour after we had settled in and said they were at the apartment waiting for us. Tired and frustrated we stayed put and emailed Ross and Jacinta with the change of plans. They were only arriving at 4am so we hoped they would get the message. Unfortunately they didn’t, so they rocked up, woke the neighbours, got yelled at by an old Portuguese lady and had the same thought as we did to find somewhere else to stay. Luckily Brett woke up and stuck his head out of our hotel just as they were walking past! And so started our week away with Ross and Jacinta!
Leave a Reply