Stardate: 20230717.2326 (UTC+1, local)
Location: Patio overlooking pool and ocean in Lisbon (Estoril)
Input Device: Gemini PDA
Audio: Ocean waves, public rail, Bob James
Visual: Cup of espresso, ambient porch light
Emotional: alive (getting there)
My wife and I are in Portugal for her incentive trip for The Company
she works for. We are here for 5 days / 4 nights. After that, we
will be visiting my bro-in-law and his family in Paris for 5 days /
4 nights. This is our first trip to Europe and we are both excited!
We got up at 6AM, took a Lyft to the airport, 6 hour flight to Boston,
4 hour layover in Boston, a 7 hour flight to Lisbon, and a 30 minute
shuttle ride to the hotel in Estoril. That's a long time in transit!
At least the flight back is a direct flight.
We just got back to the room after this evening's welcome reception.
Lots of drinking and great seafood! I think I had 8 fresh oysters!
It is 2330 local time and I am wide awake, even though I have not
been getting restful sleep. I hate sleeping on the plane and force
myself not to since I get freaked out when I do due to my sleep
condition. Even the past week, my sleep has been very minimal, so I
have been grumpy, yay.