We woke to a calm perfectly clear morning, having arrived in Lisbon, Portugal at 6.00am.

Ken looked out to stunning scenery of clear blue skies and the ship is berthed in downtown neat the Castle and old town.

Berthed behind us is the Crown Princess.. We departed our suite, went to say goodbye to our stewardess and Jeanette presented her with a small koala. We didn’t see Rince p, our butler, but he tried hard to meet our small needs. Then we took our small carry on to the Grand Dining Room and enjoyed breakfast sitting at the back of the ship, with Crown Princess behind.

We departed Oceania Marina at 8.30am, collected our luggage then waited in the terminal for waited in the terminal for Betty and Gene Brody, who have organised our pick up and day tour of Lisbon.

Our driver, Pauli, arrives on schedule at 9.00am, we proceed to load our luggage, then proceed and commence our tour of Lisbon.

The crown pRincess berthed behind oceania marina in LisboN this is taken from our breakfast table in Grand dining room.

Departing the ship from gangway on level 6 in lisbon, portugal 29september 2019

The pick up and transfer has worked well, and we now have from 9.00am until 4.00pm to do a tour through the new reclaimed areas then make our way towards toward the Castle and featured tourist spots. We depart and quickly enjoy seeing the old trams. But the old city is a maze of narrow winding streets with impossible traffic jams, people frustrated by the Trams and tourists everywhere.

But our guide Pauli, does an amazing job in getting us to sites.

Paulintakes first to the new waterfront areas where we enjoy a30 minute walk, then drive to the Railway Station area.