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Our second day was slow and lazy.  The night before, Marlene could not sleep and kept me awake and, of course, when she was not awake, she was snoring.  Consequently, I had no sleep.  We awoke about 11 a.m.  The night before, we bought fruit, which we ate.  The strawberries were sour and smaller than those from southern California.

The day before, Marlene discovered her bathrobe was soaked with soap.  It appears her soap bottle was open for some reason.  She decided to go to a Laundromat to wash it and other clothes.  Sadly she lost two pairs of glasses.  About 4 p.m., we ate dinner.  Again, we ate salmon with blanched potatoes, carrots, and broccoli, followed with coffee.  I ate bread with my coffee and Marlene ate a couple sweet tarts.

The attached photo is of an award, one of the two young men, Jorge Soares Suarez we’re staying with won the night before.  He won it for a musical festival in which he was the artistic director of.  While writing this, Marlene interviewed Jorge and his roommate.

Marlene and I are now our first day in Lisbon, Portugal. I went out in the morning and bought us some fresh fruit, some bananas, pears, a clementine, an apple, and some bottled water.
Unfortunately for Marlene, she only wanted a banana. I ate the rest except for the second banana. Because she was hungry, we went out to lunch. Across from where we are staying, we found a seafood restaurant. We ate grilled salmon with a salad. She ordered coffee, which was too strong for her, but otherwise we enjoyed the food.
After lunch, we went to Belem, first by metro and then by tram. The attached photos are of the outside of the archeological museum and of pieces from the modern art museum. The last photo is the bathroom doors of the museum.