Arrival in Lisbon

Smooth flying on Royal Air Maroc from Marrakech -- with a transfer in Casablanca -- and we arrived this afternoon in Lisbon.
So we unpacked our stuff at our hotel, which is across the street from the Campo Pequeno bullfight square and shopping center, and headed out to explore. That's right, a shopping mall built below and around a traditional bull-fighting ring. It's a great arrangement-- keeping the functionality and facade of the old-school bull-fighting ring while adding a modern shopping mall.
Trying to make our weak dollar go further against a strong Euro (it's now at 1.46 or so), we wandered down to the "food court" and checked out the scene. We scored a delicious hamburger at H3 for a reasonable price. Check the link for more details; they make one very tasty burger. Later we took the metro down to old Lisbon, and I took some pictures with my iPhone camera. See the collage above. On the last day in Africa I dropped my Canon SD 1000 and it's not working anymore.

a Tangier moment -- Saveurs de Poisson

Hidden away along side a steep and crumbling staircase (Escalier Waller) near Rue de la Liberté in central Tangier is restaurant Saveur de Poisson. It's prix fixe and you do not choose but what you get is the best fish lunch, ever: Five courses served at communal tables, including a mixed fish soup, squid and shrimp in a spinach casserole, and a perfectly grilled bone-in local white fish. The cooking style is rustic French but don't do like I did and ask for a glass of vin blanc with your meal. The proprietor of Saveur de Poisson's name is Mohammed.