It's all downhill from here.

Please take note how the Jealous Mutterings section has changed to Condolences.

So last night we though we got a major deal by paying 6 euros for a sleeper car. Well suprise, suprise, just out luck. The 6 euros was for second class seats in the hottest, most uncomfortable train seats ever. I almost paniced so we paid 23 euros each for a sleeper for 4. The room was hot, but at least it had beds. It stank like nothing else. 4 bodies, all in need of a shower and NO clean underwear. I MADE everyone put cucumber melon antibacterial handwash on their feet to keep the stink down. It worked ok. The sleep was decent.

Today we arrived in Lisbon, Portugal at around 8 their time. We locked out bags in a locker at the station and looked for a tourist info kiosk. We got a map of the city and searched forever for a terrace with a great view of the city. We found 1 euro bowls of soup for lunch. They were bright yellow but they tasted good. Not sure what was in there. Then we toured the castle for a while. Bought groceries and ate them. Went to a closed monastary. It was cool thougth. We saw the discovery monumnet. Layed on grass!!! It was great. Been a while since we could do that! Then we seached for an internet cafe. Tonight we take another train back to Madrid. It will be the tiny hot seats. But that all we can afford. Not sure how me and Eric are going to make it through this trip finacially. We didnt budget good enough in the beginning. We are cutting lots of stuff out and eating barely anything. And we will have to camp as much as we can. This is going to be rough...