Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

If you look up best playground in Lisbon the Jardim da Estrala makes almost every list. The playground itself is set inside a nice little garden that has you feeling completely removed from a city. We took the very popular 28E tram from basically right outside our door to the garden and spent the better part of the afternoon there.

The kids made a new friend, threw lots of rocks, climbed a really cool structure and Charlie completed his “ask a local” page in his journal. Jacob and I drank a whole coffee hot and a whole beer cold which generally makes for a successful afternoon.

It turns out our AirBnB is a perfect location. I wanted to grab a couple more shirts since I’ve been iron drying our laundry (glamourous 💁‍♀️) so we took the tram from park to H&M. Turns out we are only a 10-15 minute walk from this cute pedestrian shopping area. We wandered around the store then headed home. We discovered that we are right next to a lookout over the city. The kids stopped and chased some birds that were way less scared of them then I was of the birds. Gross.

After we got everyone fed and bathed I headed back to the shopping area. By myself! And grabbed a few things. I’m quickly falling for Lisbon and am already sad that our remaining days are filling up. I’m not usually a huge city person – it’s been a while since I can remember genuinely loving a city but this one has taken me by surprise.