*Quick Note: I realized that some of the captions on Day 4 weren't showing up, so I re-uploaded the page. Hopefully they should be available now. Today we went to an area called Belém. There is museums and historical sights located somewhat close to each other. The first stop was at a place called Monsteiro dos Jerónimos, or Jerónimos Monastery. This used to be an old monastery where monks of the Order of Saint Jerome lived. Also attached to the monastery is a church. It was made a World Heritage Site in 1983. It was very nice to walk around, and it had a nice courtyard and walkways to take tons of pictures. We then walked across a garden area to a monument that is right next to the river. It is called the Padrão dos Descrobrimentos, or the Monument to the Discoveries. It is situated right next to the Tagus River, so that the monument looks out over the water. It represents all of the voyages of the Portuguese people. After we took a couple of pictures, we had lunch outside at an Italian place. We walked off our pizza as we headed to our next stop, which was the MAAT. This stands for the Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, or the Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology. It was a very weird museum because it was filled with a bunch of really modern and contemporary art that needs context to make sense. Some examples was a guitar with an amp attached to it hanging from the ceiling, a bunch of yellow light bulbs on the floor, and what I am pretty sure was just an empty room that a lot of people were taking pictures of. Connected to the art museum was another museum that was all about a working power plant. I found it super confusing also because there wasn't any clear information explaining what was happening. When we first walked into the area, it looked like a huge steam engine train that had green disco lights reflecting all over the room. I thought it was just another modern art piece someone did. It wasn't until we walked through the exhibit for twenty minutes, that I realized that it was about a power plant. After the museum visit, we went outside and walked along the Tagus River. It was a nice area to walk because the breeze off of the water was really refreshing. There were tons of families walking up and down the river also. We took tons of pictures before we got an uber back to the hostel. |
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