July 12. Huckleberry Finn Day

Started the day over at Starbucks Restoradores with Georgia starting to do a bit more math. Starbucks coffee is softer and less bitter tasting here. Before lunch we went through a four of pharmacies looking for hand sanitizer – we used up all our mini bottles. No one had it.

Had a great lunch over at NaturalLiving restaurant. They are not afraid to use their herbs. Great spot for lunch – lots of healthy sandwiches, cream of broccoli soup with basil, and a fantastic drink made out of coffee, lemonade and ice. The combination does not sound right, much like Indian Italian but it is very refreshing and energizing. Have to try it at home. Location – bright nook between the walls of some very old building tucked away in the backyard could not be better. As I type, I can see that this description can conjure up multiple visuals. I guess someone will have to come over to check it out for themselves.

Irina and kids were at Estrella playground in the afternoon. As they started to head home it appeared that there was famous #28 tram strike. A huge end-of-day crowd waited and nothing was happening. Eventually Irina walked home with them. It took 45 minutes. Georgia walked all the way back downhill and uphill. Isabella did too except the last few blocks.

To close the last meal of the day and of our fridge J Dan made marvelous dishes by combining our leftovers: salmon pasta with tandoori chicken, Indian rice with hotdogs and salami and eggs. There is something to say about mixing different flavors. Georgia enjoyed it especially.

When we went for our evening stroll I saw an older man run up to our Garrett street and told Dan what great shape he was in. A few seconds later older woman in even better form joined him. That was actually the tail end of Lisbon Nike Run Club. There was a whole crowd of runners resting ahead. Some had red t-shirts on with the info. So cool! Based on what I can make out of their route, I had a long way before I can do it in one shot. But maybe I’ll join them next Thursday night for a half of it. We celebrated by taking some Pasteles de Nata home.

I’ve tried to run our blog through Google translator to translate it to Russian so Dan’s grandma could read it. It was hilarious. Whoever can check it out, especially the post on technology. Speaking of Lithuania, they had a really bad flash flood yesterday – check out the video in this article, this is Pilies, the main street of Vilnius old town.