By microvill on Skatehive
Hello guys, I'm Oliver, and I'm 19 years old from Manchester, England. Today I decided to relate my first travel experience to Lisbon, Portugal – an experience that surprised me in ways more than I had expected. It was not a classy holiday, just a cheap flight and a couple of days of meandering around with my backpack, but it turned out to be one of those travel experiences that stay with you after you've been back home. I got to Lisbon late in the afternoon. The one thing that hit me in the face was the light. The town is bathed in warm golden light, especially at sunset, and the buildings appeared to be emitting. Peeling paint and cracked walls were stunning. I rode into town on the metro from the airport, and then I was strolling in the midst of steep streets, tiled facades, and the clatter of trams speeding by. I slept in a small hostel off Rossio Square. It was not elegant, but it had friendly people and an open kitchen – just the kind of place where you sit around with travelers