Lisbon (LX for friends)

On a festive kind of post, I must say that it was cool going off to Lx, to feel part of a place at last. At first it was like I was still here but suddenly all I was hearing was Portuguese. Initially that is a bit of a shock, it takes time to adapt and drop your active ears down, to a more relaxed mode. Then the food and prices, both vaguely familiar and nice to come back to. Although Lx is not exactly the mecca for shoppers, it was still cheaper than real Madrid... Every so often it should be part of employees regular updating training programme to be sent to their place of birth to get back to their roots, smells, sounds, visions. Kinda of a reality check, just to let us know we belong... Another interesting thing was the sea. Bluer than the blue sky. Red flag at the beach. At its best. Guincho beach was so windy that it should be called that > Windy! So windy not even the wind searchers could use it for their kites and sails. Sand flying in the air. Amazing conditions over there.
This beach is famous worldwide for its great windsurfing conditions, where thousands of sunbleached hair people go and try to surf those big bad waves and fly on the meantime. But the conditions are so damn great, most newcomers (not yet familiar with the territory and wind chills) just totally damage their equipment (ripped sails, broken boards, etc). That happened to a few experienced friends of mine who indulged on that great beach - sitting on the sand! Anyway, they were watching and learning... Another treat was going to the terrace bar of the Hotel Regency Chiado, built on the old warehouses (these were damaged by a monumental fire a handful of years ago, I still remember the date) of the main department stores of Lisbon. This hotel has such an amazing location. Just like the elevator of Santa Justa, where there is also a terrace bar, this is built on a hill overlooking the river and the castle. Uptown Lisbon. Please check the pics on that link, you'll like the place. You're welcome! Portugalia was another stopover, of course. Such an old and traditional Cervejaria. Steak Portugalia, the best! Nice! Very amuzing advertising. Ok, ok, enough about Lx. I was trying to post some pics to illustrate my words, but it seems my PC is having a bad hair day and keeps being very very annoying... As for hair, today I went to the hairdresser - how I needed it! - and shopping, all the perfect little things that make us girls very happy :)