Lisbon Botannical Garden of the University, Chiado and Baixa area

Sun 25 May- skipped breakfast, just had tea and sliced apple. Did some more Internet work.

We walked down the Avenida do Liberdade toward the Chiado and Baixa area. On the way, had lunch at the Restaurante Ribadouro: shellfish soup (like lobster bisque with shrimp, crab and other shellfish - salty but good) , the codfish special (grilled, then fileted and choppen, then mixed with shredded potato, cabbage and egg - very nice flavor) E9, tournedos of beef (fillet) with pepper sauce and french fries - really tender and delicious, Imperial draft beer, 2 cafe, total E32.
Continued the walk, stopping by a target garden, the Botannical Garden of the University. It was like a woods with all kinds of different trees, shrubs, etc. all quite mature (old and big).and all labeled with botannic name and origin. Made for a very pleasant, quiet and relaxing walk.

Continued down, stopping by a scenic viewpoint of the city, then arriving in the Chiado area where a department store had a Sephora outlet (where a clerk rudely made me delete the photo I took for Aya). Kiyomi restocked on her cosmetics, paying a whopping E225 without batting an eye. We had draft beer for E1 each from a fast food restaurant. Interestingly, most fast food- and cafe-type places have draft beer available inexpensively, along with the pop, coffee, tea and other beverages. We walked around the Baixa pedestrian area, admired the statues and monuments and all the street vendors, hawking a wide variety of goods, and on our way back up towards the Liberdade, we passed dozens of different restaurants in a two- or three-block strip near the theater, and just off the Liberdade.

We stopped by the Pingo Doce market where we spent E9 for salad, fruit, 3 chocolate bars, a bag of prunes and trail mix.