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Right now I’m on the Socrates course on High Pressure Chemical Engineering Processes in Lissabon, which lasts from July 8th til 23rd. Actually I’m pretty busy because of the schedule.
Weather is quite good but in the evenings it gets windy – combined with the air conditioning during daytime this is the perfect way to get a cold. And so I got one…
We are staying in a youth hostel in Almada, which is on the other side of river Tejo. So its about an 30 minute ride using bus and ferry. These bus drivers here seem to think of themselves as formula one drivers, which is correct to some extend, cause busses als have slicks.

While the trip to the city is time consuming, the ride to the campus is just 15 minutes. An additional 10 minutes will give us a ride to the beach (maybe, some afternoon, we will find some time to do that…).

Food here is actually very satisfying. The canteen is way better than the one in Erlangen and the dinners… Lets say it this way…. superb A lot of fish, vegetables and so on.
Yesterday we walked around in the bar district of Lisboa watching the world cup final and having some beer. The girls that had been out with us ordered a small beer. Yes, it was small. Looked like bonsai wheat beer glasses! Actually the “Sagres” beer is pretty good in taste – different but ok. Prices in Lisbon are ok. 2 euros per 0,4l of beer. Stuff related to coffee is ever cheaper. 80 cents is the common price for an espresso. Surprisingly after every meal you get a espresso without question. It’s just part of the meal. Time to start something linke this in Germany!