Zoo and Food
Two posts in two days. See? I can maintain a blog!
Today was a pleasant enough day at work. The courses I teach are ending now so I am giving a lot of revision lessons. I enjoy my Saturday classes a lot, especially since my kids are really bright kids and my adults are a good laugh and there’s a really informal atmosphere in the classroom. Today, amid all the grammar, we had a chat about the food here. I made some, shall we say, ‘interesting’ points about a few things (rabbits, snails, organs) to get some English out of them. It’s funny how much English a ridiculous conversation can produce in a class; I think I got conversation from every student about having to look a crab in the eye in the tank before you choose which one you want killed and opened up for you to eat.
Anyway, I finish work at 1.30pm on a Saturday and since I can never sleep well on a Friday night, I was whacked. Unless I nap in the afternoon, I rarely do much in the way of active stuff and today was no exception. Therefore, with the day being too bright and sunny to squander indoors, I headed just down the road to Lisbon zoo with a book and some marking. The zoo is quite a nice place to chill out in at times because there’s a large area with monkeys, birds, crocodiles etc, which is free to enter, and there was a really quiet cafe on the water to relax in.
The quiet cafe on the water in the free part of the zoo
I didn’t stay for too long but it was nice to get out and catch some sun.
The cafe
June has been a surprisingly ‘cool’ month so far (not much above 20-25 degrees so far) but today seems a little warmer. Tomorrow should be another immaculate day so I’ll try and get to a beach. Last week I visited a beach on Costa da Caparica called ‘Praia Cabana do Pescador’ which was a beautifully quiet beach with a great cafe facing the sand with loungers. I drank a beer under the sun and later had a king-sized fruit salad with all kinds of tropical fruit. If there’s one thing Portugal certainly does well, it’s the beach. I’ll take my camera next time, but the place we bathed next to has pictures on its website. So tranquil and the sea was really comfortable and warm.
jamiegilbertphotographymie said,
June 13, 2011 at 09:43
Nice :D