LI(SH)BOA!

Hello from Lisbon!!
I am going to do my best and keep everyone updated throughout the ten days that I am traveling that way I won't forget after I return or more important while I actually have time away from school to write!
At this very moment I am sitting in my very first hostel and everyone is taking a siesta in preparation for a very late, European-style night in Lisbon.  No one goes out until around 2am here and no one wakes up until around 11....my kind of place.  We got in very late last night, so not much to tell from yesterday; however today we went to a beautiful Cathedral and to the Castle St. George, which i will post pictures of soon!
We also went to the original city that existed before Lisbon, called Belham, about seven minutes out of the main city and on the coast.  Today I tried the strongest coffee in the entire world, who knew? And I also had a fabulous seafood lunch for only twelve euros! Portugal is by far the most authentic European city we have visited thus far.  It has all of the best influences of French, Spanish, and Italian architecture and is full of vibrant colors everywhere you look!  The people are incredibly friendly also! Overall, I must say that I am very impressed and also pleasantly surprised by how much I really love Lisbon! The only complaint I have, is the people have the most annoyinggggg accent! Every "s" is pronounced "sh" instead.  For instance you would here "shoup" instead of soup; it basically sounds like everyone has a lisp. VERY frustrating to me for some reason. They even pronoun the name of their city "lishboa" ugh.
Tonight we are going to a place called LUX, it is supposedly one of the top five clubs in all of Europe. There are about 10 of us from London in Lisbon so tonight will be very fun! Tomorrow afternoon, Azzurra, Claire, and I leave for Madrid, another place I cannot wait to go!
Its hailing in Egypt, there is a tsunami headed for Hawaii and the french airport  is on strike while the rest of Europe is suffering from severe wind storms and heavy rainfall, so I have a feeling the majority of our flights and other forms of transportation are going to be a pain.  Yesterday we were stuck in London Gatwick airport for six hours because our plane couldn't make it out of Morocco due to sandstorms. What a fabulous time to have a ten day travel break! It is incredibly windy here in Lisbon, but we haven't had to deal with rain yet, I hope the rest of the trip follows suit!
I hope all is well in Memphis and hopefully one of these days I will get to tell you all about Egypt! Until then, I hope to keep my spring break blog up-to-date! Talk to you from Madrid!
Love,
Carson