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Trains, Planes and Automobiles

Goodbye to the beach, off to the city. On our final leg to Lisbon yesterday we boarded a train for the first time on this trip. Not a big deal but when we originally envisioned this trip we were going to be traveling via train most of the time. When 2nd M actually sat down to figure out the specifics, it turned out that none of the trains went where we wanted to go. And when a train would have worked the airplane was cheaper or much shorter.

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We blew nap time and in the middle of the metro, 3rd M fell asleep. This got a lot of laughs from the other passengers.

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Sleeping is not the only way 3rd M keeps people around him entertained. Everyone sitting next to us on the train gets a fist bump. If we are in a long winding line, everyone in line gets a fist bump. People usual go out of their way to get a bump once they see what is going on. 3rd M is always happy with the attention.

We have found that Portugal is more kid friendly than Spain was. That is not to say traveling with a child in Spain was a problem but here in Portugal, people go out of their way to interact with the little ones. It also seems like we are seeing a lot more children here in Portugal than we have seen on the rest of the trip. At one point yesterday 3rd M had a small group of girls following him. He became overwhelmed by all the attention and soon was leading them around the park and that was just fine with him.

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