first hostel experience

when i decided to come to europe i had a few places in mind that i would have liked to go to. portugal was not one of them...a group of people were going and it was very inexpensive so i decided to go. it was amazing. lisbon is beautiful and very clean. our hostel was in a great location, right near the water. we took a ferry and saw the bellem tower and the cristo statue. the weather was great too.
so i had no idea what to expect from a hostel...but we lucked out. our hostel i would go as far as to say it was just as great as hotels ive stayed in. the people who worked there were very friendly and very intelligent, there was free wifi and computers to use, cable and flat screen tv, free internet, and free use of the blankets and sheets. ha, ive heard thats quite rare when it comes to hostels. there was also a kitchen so we cooked a wonderful meal one night. we had pasta with homemade tomato sauce. yum so delicious.
we spent a lot of time just walking around the city. there was so much to see..
i think the best part of my hostel experience was the people i met. the first day we were there we met two guys from australia. they have been traveling for a month and have quite a bit of traveling left to do. just for fun. but they were very friendly and we ended up hanging out with them the whole time we were there. they went out to lunch with us the day we left and it was so sad to say goodbye! in three days we felt like we've known them forever and yet we will never see them again...
we also met some people from spain, which was wonderful to be able to speak spanish! someone from Belgium, who says they dont really eat that many waffles in Belgium, but french fries originated there :p and some girls from france who were friendly as well. and someone from arizona who was just finishing up his world traveling adventure.
it was great they had a huge room where at night everyone just hung out and got to know each other. they also sold one euro beers..liz, morgan, and i made a toast to maddy on the she got out of the hospital :D i have a picture but well.. my camera is broken again.
ps-if you have facebook and were not friends you should find me..its much easier for me to put pictures on facebook than it is to put them on here... i will be buying a new camera before we leave for gibralter this weekend.

first hostel experience

Lisbon, Portugal