June 15

Free Bikes, a Wreck, and Lots of Laughs
We took a short train ride to Cascais, a resort town, and rented their complimentary bikes. Syd and I rode all over the town and along a bike path for quite a while, which was very fun, until I inevitably crashed into her. A few scratches, bruises, and lots of laughs later we turned around to turn our bikes back in. In Estoril, another resort town, though more reisdential according to a tourist agent, we visited a huge Casino, rumored to be the largest in Europe. The plush couches were a wonderful place to rest our weary legs.
We made our way back to Lisbon, encountering a stop involving our tickets not being round trip like we thought, and ate at the mall food court for dinner.
We headed to the to the train station tonight to press on to Madrid. On our way, we ran into some Catholic processional and several Gypsy´s trying to sell us "marijuana." After being accosted by several of these hash-selling street people we notified nearby policemen. They laughed and told us the marijuana was not real, it was just bits of the sole of a shoe disquised as weed.

p.s. please disregard all my poor spelling, grammar, etc, i´m writing in a hurry as the internet cafe clock ticks down! I mean, sometimes I even forget to check facebook!