Cycling Tour Lisboa, Portugal | Catching up with Michelle

Cycling Lisboa, Portugal | Catching up with Michelle
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Hi, I’m Michelle. I’m one of the owners of Oxin where we are at the moment in Lisbon and we’re going to do a tour of Lisbon shortly. Let’s go. Tell me a little bit about your bicycle that you have. Okay. So, this is an all city cosmic stylus still bike with carbon fork. Uh, I chose this bike because it’s a gravel bike, so it allows me to do all the things that I want to. I use it for uh long distance brieing. I use it for bike traveling. Um, and yeah, I love it. It has uh some mounts on the for a bike rack. So if I want to carry a little bit more stuff, it allows me to. The geometry is a little bit more aggressive, but it’s still pretty comfortable and it allows me to stay long hours on the bike. So I love it. I got the the tires. They are I changed the wheel the wheel set and also the tires uh less than a year ago and made a huge difference. So I chose an option of tires that allow me both to go on tarmac and and gravel and I don’t mind any kind of roads. So we are getting close to one of my favorite museum here in Lisbon. So this is the National Tile Museum and I came here with no expectations and I was really surprised. The building is beautiful. It’s an old covenant from 1509 and yeah, it’s really worth a visit. So now you can tell where the museum is. This is the museum. Yes, it is. and over there as well. So that’s the entrance and looks some parts look like a church because it used to be a convent. Someone lost a fork. Well, this is the port. So we are on the way that goes to park. That area was really bad like 30 30 years ago more or less and then they had an expo here which made a huge difference. So they developed that part. They built new buildings and but it was like a bubble inside the city like an outside neighborhood and since the tourism became really big in Lisbon they are developing this part as well. Usually port areas are not very nice in some cities but then they started getting some old buildings renovating them and it’s getting much better. It’s getting more popular as well. There is one neighborhood on that direction that’s called Bato. And we go up. Yeah. And then they they also start doing some cultural activities. Uh some people call that like also the beer district because there are a few breweries, small ones which are pretty good actually. Um and al also some art parts like art galleries and special markets where they have this combination of small artisans and artists. It’s it’s interesting and it’s being they are developing it little by little. Yeah, this is the uh Santa Palonia. It’s a terminal station. So if you want to go to the north of Portugal or middle Portugal, the train is probably leaving from here. And on the other side, so this is Teos River or Teu in Portuguese. And we can even see Ahaba today. If you look, there is a nice hill on our left and it’s it’s very nice to ride the bike there. Uh challenging but really worth it. Beautiful views, but depending on the time of the year might be too crowded with cars because they also want to enjoy the the nice views. They’re doing some construction here to avoid floods. So we have the they changed the bike lane to this part. Ah and here they have some restaurants but still also some empty warehouses. And we’re approaching the yes the area where where the the cruise ships uh stay when they arrive in Lisbon. Some people complain a lot about them because they say they don’t really spend uh time in the city. But yeah, they do like one day at least uh and helps the tourism here a little bit when I used to live uh in Alma. So like one of the old districts of Lisbon, I could hear them when they would honk. So there is also the pilgrimage path in in Portugal and those uh those two were walking. They had shells on their backpacks. They were collecting shells. No, it’s the symbol of the of the Camino. Oh, okay. Okay. And so they will have them hanging. I see. I see. Yeah. They also did some changes here recently uh that they have now some bars. And this became a very nice spot to hang out. So people come just for walks or to have some drinks to be by the water. We saw a lot of people jogging yesterday also that in this area cuz it’s nice. It’s one of the flattest areas in in the city. Yeah. So if you are by the river, you won’t climb. So that makes a big difference especially considering that’s the city of the seven hills and lots of extra climbs and all these changes I I saw during the last six years. That’s the time that I’ve been living in in Portugal. Here we have one of the options to cross to the other side. So we call that the southshore and you can take a boat and cross through some of the cities. Uh so this is also recent that they don’t let um uh private cars come through here now. It’s just like taxis and public transportation. And then the bike lane is also recent which is pretty good for this area. This is downtown Port uh Lisbon. And yeah, it’s always busy. We’re close to uh shop where I like to go sometimes to get coffee so I can buy the beans and grind them at home. This area is beautiful. This area feels old and new put together. One funny thing when I come here is that I always see different shops. Everything is changing in the city and changing so fast. It’s a pretty city. I like Lisbon. Okay, so we’re going to go to Ajina. We’re going to get a shot of this very typical liquor from Portugal. So, they say it was created in a convent like lots of the pastries here as well and also some of the of the booze. Let’s go. Uh So you can see they they keep it there and then when this is getting empty they just go open the tap and refill it the whole thing. Yeah. Good. It’s delicious. That one is called a This one is called without arrival. This place belongs to a hotel. So the and they rent the the space. It’s been here for about a 100red years and now they couldn’t renew the contract. So, they were supposed to close at the end of June, but now there is a dispute in the court between the hotel and them. So, hopefully they can keep up. What are they going to do with this space? Good question. Yeah. I mean, and this is part of the history of the city. They should keep it. They should keep it. I agree. We have to deal with it. This is part of history. Exactly. And I think the city hall should also help with this. It’s an attraction to the hotel maybe as well. Yours and cheers. The loop. So right in front of us we will have the Rasa Commer. So that’s like Commerce Square and this is where we met the first time here in Lisbon. Uh the uh on this place there used to be a palace from the king but it was completely destroyed by the earthquake that hit Lisbon in 1755. It was really really terrible because it was an earthquake really strong one. I think something 8 point something in the in the scale followed by a tsunami followed by a fire pretty much destroyed big part of the city and now it’s this open space. So this tram here, it over there that we just passed is really for tourism. We still have some that are official uh for transportation and but lots of tourists will go on them as well. So what the they did is they raised the fair. So, if you are local, you have a card that you use to travel by public transportation, you pay much cheaper. And if you’re a tourist, you’re going to pay like 4 if I’m not mistaken. The last time I check it, and if you use the local card, it will be less than €2. So, it makes a difference. We’re getting close to another train station that connects Lisbon and Kaskkai. You go by the river to the coast. Um, this is also a bohemian area, so people will come and hang out here. Uh just behind us, can’t really see from here, but there is the pink street that’s quite famous for the nightclubs. Some people come to celebrate their uh bachelor parties. It’s pretty common, especially from people from the UK. I’ve seen many here already. and we are going to pass by Timeout Market. So, Portugal has lots of markets uh in different neighborhoods and this one became quite popular because it was bought by Timeout and they invited some chefs to open restaurants inside. So, it’s like a food court. You can come uh pick a place, pick a a restaurant. what you want to eat and then find the table and enjoy your meal. Um, it’s nice, but it’s not my favorite. I like one that’s called uh Kujoriki. It’s kind of the same concept, not with chefs, but it’s a smaller, it’s cozier. Um, usually you have locals there instead of having lots of tourists, which I think is is nice if you just want to hang out, have a beer with a friend or grab something to eat. Uh, and by locals, I mean there are still lots of foreigners because it’s in a neighborhood that is some people call it like the French neighborhood because there are a lot of Frenches living there. But it’s still it’s my favorite and that’s the one I recommend and usually people prefer that one as well. Oh, this is cool. So, you see this uh sculpture here? So, this is a fox and it’s done by a Portuguese artist called Bordaloo and he uses trash to make his sculptures. And the idea is to talk about how we throw away so many things. It’s like an a protest, environmental protest. and he does uh all different kinds of animals. There are a few here in the city. There’s a cat in Park. If you go to Porto, there is a rabbit. Um there is an otter in a city called Alqing and some others around the around the country. Oh, here is a very popular spot amongst the young people. The no not the coffee the copa coffee lab aid next to it. I mean there are lots of nightclubs on our left side. So when they leave the clubs in the morning, they come here to have something to eat before going back home. Usually it’s soup. Uh very typical Portuguese soup called ku veri. That’s potatoes, some kind of green leaves. Forgot the name of those in English. like a kind of cabbage uh and some sausage, but they make a vegetarian version as well. I like to say that here’s a combination of Rio and San Francisco because you have the bridge that people think about the Golden Gate Bridge. And okay, now you can’t see it that well, but over there we also have a statue like the the Christ in Rio. That really does feel like two cities put together. Sorry, it does feel like two cities put together. Yep. When you look that way, it does. When they built the bridge, they it was in the 60s, so 66 actually, they gave it the name of the former dictator of Portugal. But once once the dictatorship was was overtaken they renamed it as 25th of April. So beat in that’s exactly the date when the revolution happened. So when Portugal was free of the dictator dictatorship. Oh that’s why the date. Yeah. I wonder. meaningful. Really meaningful. So our next stop is going to be the MATH or M A. So it’s the Museum for Art, Architecture, and Technology. Has a very interesting shape. Here we are. So over there we have moto deeronimus like an old monaster and the there they invented one the most famous Portuguese pastry that’s called pastel genata and it was like the reason was they had to use the egg whites for the to start in the clothing and there were lots of egg yolks so they created this recipe and then they sold the recipe to that place called pastel jubain and then when people think past jubilain it’s always there everywhere else in Portugal it’s pastel ganata that’s the most famous one the original recipe but we’re going to have my favorite one that’s from the this small chain called Monteia so hope you enjoy the tour and if you do it, don’t forget to finish it like a real Portuguese pastel genata and some coffee. Enjoy it. So, we bring to a close the story of rigid control through the unceasing research and the highest quality. [Music]