Berjalan Berkeliling Lisbon

Kami semua bangun lebih pagi karena hari itu agendanya adalah jalan-jalan muter di kawasan old-town Lisbon dan berhubung searah, kami nebeng ibunya Rita yang akan berangkat ke kantor. Meskipun pagi itu rasanya lelah banget karena sisa-sisa mendaki dan jalan jauh di Sintra kemarin masih terasa, tapi kami tetap semangat karena dari kemarin memang belum main-main di pusat kotanya Lisbon.

Ericeira dan Sintra

Hari ke dua di Lisbon, setelah sarapan yang agak kesiangan di rumahnya Rita (kami dibikinin kopi yang enak banget sama bapaknya) dan ngobrol-ngobrol dikit, kami pun berangkat. Hari itu saya dan Max diajak oleh keluarganya Rita untuk jalan-jalan ke kota di dekat Lisbon. Tepatnya ada dua kota yang akan kami kunjungi hari itu, yang pertama terletak di daerah pantai, dan yang kedua terletak di daerah berbukit. 

A Day in Belém, Lisbon

One day in May, we were having dinner together in our kitchen. Suddenly Rita told me that she will go back home to Portugal for good in the beginning of July and finish her dissertation at home. Max added that he also will go back to Germany in the middle of July. There were actually 6 of us living in the same flat but Rita and Max were the closest, since the other three were rarely seen around. We were studying in the same university but they both were law students, and the thing about law students in my campus is, they do not have any presentation for their dissertation. Therefore, after finishing all exams, they are free to go and they can finish their dissertation wherever they want. When the deadline came they can simply submit their work and wait patiently for the result. 

It was different for me as a computer science student. I need to meet my supervisor once in a week to report my progress, and there will be a viva presentation after my dissertation submission. So I should stay in London until mid-September, at least. Thinking that all my flat-mates will go back to their countries and left me alone in our flat made me kinda mellow. 

"Why don't you come to Portugal to visit me? Summer in Portugal will be nice!", asked Rita.

And just like that, on that day, after discussing the perfect date that will work for three of us, me and Max booked two return tickets from London to Lisbon.