Dec. 19th
Well today was interesting experiencing how the Portuguese celebrate Christmas. We went to a Christmas festival in a small medieval town north of Lisbon. Before getting to the actual site we walked through the winding streets looking at all the little shops, sampling hot chocolate, cherry liqueur in chocolate cups, and Portuguese Chris
tmas baking. The main site was just outside the city walls where they had skating, sledding, skiing, fake snowmen and very interesting mascots. Mike had to go skating to show off! He just skated circles around everyone smiling away at his prowess on ice. Most people were just clinging desperately to the boards or falling....they were smiling though. The girls went sledding on wooden ramps...no snow in site and got attacked by a mascot who we think was supposed to be an Inuit/Eskimo. We spent most of the time eating a variety of things 
just to try them. I initially want to go to the Christmas musical that they had but I got voted down. That was good because we could hear it being performed and all were relieved that mom lost out on that one.
tmas baking. The main site was just outside the city walls where they had skating, sledding, skiing, fake snowmen and very interesting mascots. Mike had to go skating to show off! He just skated circles around everyone smiling away at his prowess on ice. Most people were just clinging desperately to the boards or falling....they were smiling though. The girls went sledding on wooden ramps...no snow in site and got attacked by a mascot who we think was supposed to be an Inuit/Eskimo. We spent most of the time eating a variety of things 
just to try them. I initially want to go to the Christmas musical that they had but I got voted down. That was good because we could hear it being performed and all were relieved that mom lost out on that one.Jane
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Merry Christmas gang. I wish you all peace, good health, and continued wonderful adventures!
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