The Ups and Downs of Travel

David was interested in the Gulbenkian Museum because one of its founders is a famous American oil tycoon, WW2 Vet, lover of Portugal.  Wanted to give his oil wealth back to his beloved country.  David looked at the Metro map.  We took the metro 3 stops, walked for 3 blocks in a light rain and thanks to Google Maps realized we were going the wrong way.  As soon as we turned around I could see our hotel in the distance.   AHHHHHH--for the same time it took us to walk to the Metro in the opposite direction, we could have been at the museum.  Oh I was SO MAD.

Here's the top of the famous park, across the street from our hotel.  You can see the ocean in the background and the statue dedicated to the city after the Earthquake.

crossing this bridge, we looked back and saw our hotel!

This was an interesting exhibit called "YES".  These are real cassettes and they take turns saying "Yes".

We were lucky enough to catch a current exhibit called "The Brain"--very scientific and fact oriented with hands-on activities.  One was to record peoples brain waves that was then translated to music.  The line was too long or I would have loved to hear my brain waves.  Have you ever heard yours?