Udenfor kongressen / Outside of the congress

I går var jeg ikke kun på konference. Min nevø og hans familie skulle mellemlande i Lissabon på vej hjem fra ferie, og så skulle vi jo lige mødes! 

Derfor kom jeg ind til byen for første gang, og altså - Lissabon er så hyggelig! De gamle sporvogne er så fine, men det er vist mest turister som kører med....

Yesterday I was not just at the congress. My nephew and his family had transfer in Lisbon going home from their vacation, so we met up!

So I came to the centre of the city for the first time, and you knot - Lisbon is such a cozy place! The old trams are really pretty but i think it's mostly tourists riding them.....

Vi fik frokost og is og gik en dejlig tur gennem gågaden ned til vandet før de skulle tilbage til lufthavnen og flyve hjem. Det er ikke sådan at jeg ser dem hele tiden, så det var ekstra hyggeligt lige at møde dem!

We had lunch and ice cream and took a nice stroll through the pedestrian street down to the water before they left for the airport and their flight home. I'm not meeting them all the time, so it was extra nice meeting up!

Aftenen brugte jeg i selskab med min gamle kollega fra Island, og for første gang hernede fik jeg aftensmad på et rimeligt tidspunkt. Og mere is, altså. 

Da jeg rejste ned havde jeg absolut ingen forventninger til at det skulle blive en god konference. Men det blev det. På alle mulige måder! Nu skal jeg lige have den sidste halvdag med og så skal jeg lege turist indtil jeg skal hjem i aften. Der må være nogle souvenirs jeg bare SKAL have med hjem!

I spent the evening in the company of my old colleague from Iceland, and for the first time here I had dinner while it was not too late. And more ice cream, of course. 

When I went here I had absolutely no expectations of it becoming a good congress. But it turned out to be good. In so many ways! Now I'm looking forward to the last half day and then I'll be a tourist before going home late in the evening. There must be some souvenirs I HAVE to bring home!