The flight to Lisbon turned out to be longer than I thought...it looked like it was only 2 hours. But I forgot about the time difference. For some reason everyone on the flight behaved that it was a super long haul, with people standing in the aisle and stretching half way through the flight (??)
I didn't get to sleep in any day of the weekend. First because I was waiting for a friend's flight to arrive from the US, second because I could see how good the plaza looks from my hotel window. I didn't even make it half a block out of the hotel before I had to stop and do this twisty stair and winding road.
The actual plaza had some fascinating wave patterned tile work and I had to put in this detail. All the buildings and trees were casting really interesting shadows and I found a good spot in the shade next to a trash can (unlike other cities' unhelpful trash cans, these ones actually have a flat-ish lid/cover on top of which I could put my water jar, very handy) I accidentally made the shadow of the background buildings too strong in the beginning and had to go back with my opaque white (which thankfully I just refilled so I had plenty) This is my favourite one this trip
I arrived at Rossio station (to catch train to Sintra) early enough to see the dramatic morning light on the building. Unfortunately I only had 14 mins to finish this, so I had to gloss over a lot of details on the building (which it had a lot!) I didn't enough had time to make sure that the shadows had the same colour lol. The Monumento dos Restauradores is in the background
