Thanksgiving in Portugal Day Two

Today, Ray and Penny let me sleep in (a little too long).  Once we got going we headed first to Belem to see the Discoverer's Monument (very cool).  It was cold and windy so it was hard to stay outside and enjoy it, so I just took some quick pictures and then headed inside to the gift store to get a little book that explained who each of the explorers on monument were and what they did.

Next we headed to the Jeronimo's Monastery and looked in the church where a famous Portugese poet was buried as well as Vasco da Gama, a famous discoverer is buried. 

Then we went to the main area where they serve pasteis de Belem, some famous pasteries that the monks created so many years ago.  Ray says you haven't been to Portugal until you've had one of these.  They were very good and the place was very crowded, but service was quick.

Then Ray and Penny drove me through downtown Lisbon to have a look and showed me the university where they teach English classes at.  We ended up at the very huge Colombo Mall.  We looked through some stores and then they were gracious enough to let me watch the new Harry Potter movie while they stayed at the mall and shopped and relaxed.  Portugese movie experience:  assigned seats and halfway through the movie it stops for an intermission.  Weird.