Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Going home – Lisboa

My trip to Lisbon in the beginning of September had one main purpose, to do two exams for my faculty. But besides that I also wanted to meet my friends and enjoy the beauty of Lisboa, so this is how my two weeks looked like…

To be with my sister and to put it in one sentence: to be with her is like to be home. Dinner with my previous team from AIESEC Lisboa ISCTE in a cheap restaurant where we used to go many times. To experience a bit of the magic of Lisboa: the guy from the restaurant, that had already been drinking, looked at us and started singing Fado to the girls’ suddenly… To go to this night club “Why Not” and officially, I have to admit, David won Ruben and me in Boat Race 3 times (yes, I have said it..). To watch a match between Portugal and Poland with older AIESEC’ers ... The stadium, the flags, the national anthem… What a feeling. Go to Bairro Alto! That magical place full of memories… Dinner with two great friends to plan our trip to Santiago de Compostela by foot in the next year heheh. And later, we went with another friend to the one which is known as the older bar in Lisboa… Party at one of my best friend’s house, Ruben from my previous team, with friends. Who was more drunk?… Coffee in a great bar in Lisboa in a perfect afternoon with an old friend... A surprise dinner which was everything but a surprise dinner with my best friends in Marta’s house (thank you so much Marta for your effort to surprise me). Goodbye dinner for me, but at the same time welcome dinner for the new intern in AIESEC Lisboa ISCTE, Ruta from Lithuania. Then saying goodbye to Bairro Alto and to the Fruits Shots. Meeting old friends, having a beer, update each other... Then to say goodbye to the beach and to the closest one.

So, in the end, my goal was achieved, I passed my both exams :)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

oh Lisboa, Lisboa...

Catarina I know a little bit how you feel... I miss these places, these people so much! great pictures!! hope I'll do similar ones soon :)

Michal