Bairro Alto Hotel - Lisbon
Jun 18th, 2006, 02:49 PM
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Namaka. OK. Rub it in that you are in Paris and we are sweltering in Pittsburgh.
Ah, but on Tuesday, I will be on the beach at Long Island.
Judi. I wrote a note to Paulo and told him that I could not book until I heard from Namaka. I said I was sorry but that I was so gun shy because I just could not book since my one experience in Lisbon with that "other" apartment was so bad. I explained that I wasn't saying this about his apartment and I didn't expect him to hold it. I would just let him know next week.
He has been very good. I do not expect his apartment to be anything but as represented. I just feel I have to wait. So far, my dates are still open.
I have to tell you to click on my name and see the post labeled Lisbon. The owner asked people to write in and advertise travelingtolisbon. It just so happens that the awful apartment is listed on this site.
Ah, but on Tuesday, I will be on the beach at Long Island.
Judi. I wrote a note to Paulo and told him that I could not book until I heard from Namaka. I said I was sorry but that I was so gun shy because I just could not book since my one experience in Lisbon with that "other" apartment was so bad. I explained that I wasn't saying this about his apartment and I didn't expect him to hold it. I would just let him know next week.
He has been very good. I do not expect his apartment to be anything but as represented. I just feel I have to wait. So far, my dates are still open.
I have to tell you to click on my name and see the post labeled Lisbon. The owner asked people to write in and advertise travelingtolisbon. It just so happens that the awful apartment is listed on this site.
Jun 18th, 2006, 05:51 PM
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wow Sher this is all too creepy. I will also be interested in the report from namaka - for next time!
Have fun at the beach - I am headed for upstate NY Tuesday so it should be cooler there! But this is how it was in Portugal last week.
Have fun at the beach - I am headed for upstate NY Tuesday so it should be cooler there! But this is how it was in Portugal last week.
Jun 21st, 2006, 01:00 AM
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Sorry everyone if you've still been waiting for my apt report; I wrote a few things on it on the Lisbon III thread.
Anyways, the apt is just beautiful. It is exactly as it looks in the photos. No, it's better and bigger than it looks in the photos! It's very bright,clean and new. Did I mention clean!
Paulo again has been great. We were unable to get cash out of the ATM at the airport so we didn't have the remaining amount due to him upon arrival as planned. He was not at all worried and just said for me to call him when we either got the money or that we would just make other arrangements. What a nice guy! Needless to say, we have been able to get cash. Initially, we kept trying to get 300e, but then tried 200e and got it w/o a hitch. I should have remembered that it was posted on someone's report.
So back to the apt. There are two couches in the living room area that both fold out to beds. Nice mattresses on them. They are both good size couches and although my kids could each have their own, they decided to still just sleep on own. Maybe for extra comforting of each other in a strange place?
Our bed has a nice, firm mattress and the bed suits both my DH and myself just fine. Remember we are used to a California King and DH is pretty tall,
but no complaints at all!
The kitchen is quite large, specially in comparison to what we had in our apt in France. Of course, that entire apt could've fit inside the living room of this apt. Okay, slight exaggeration.
All the windows face out into the square and open up to bring all the excitement indoors. I keep them open till bedtime and spend a lot of time hanging out of them just people watching. When it's time for bed, I close them and the shutters to keep the noise level down as well as the sun as we have been sleeping in rather late.
The apt is equipped with everything you will need with 2 exceptions; there is no phone, so if you are bringing/getting a cell phone you will be okay. If you weren't planning to bring/buy one, you may reconsider. Secondly, there is no internet. Not a big deal for most people, but we have our lap top and wanted to use it to look up things. We had to purchase it. We opted for 7 days use for 50e. A little higher than we wanted, but had we had it 1 day earlier, we would've known not to purchase the Lisboa Card. Well, actually, I did kind of know that it was a bit of a rip-off but we got so confused about where to get our colinas card/transportation card,that we caved. We spent time looking at the options again and are going to try to see if we can return the Lisboa Cards as we haven't used them yet.Lesson #1 learned.
Okay, got a little off track there. Anyways, about the apt. Great! If you are/were on the fence about it, no worries; I am here to tell you that it is worth it!
Meeting with Joao and Matt for coffee tonight!
Anyways, the apt is just beautiful. It is exactly as it looks in the photos. No, it's better and bigger than it looks in the photos! It's very bright,clean and new. Did I mention clean!
Paulo again has been great. We were unable to get cash out of the ATM at the airport so we didn't have the remaining amount due to him upon arrival as planned. He was not at all worried and just said for me to call him when we either got the money or that we would just make other arrangements. What a nice guy! Needless to say, we have been able to get cash. Initially, we kept trying to get 300e, but then tried 200e and got it w/o a hitch. I should have remembered that it was posted on someone's report.
So back to the apt. There are two couches in the living room area that both fold out to beds. Nice mattresses on them. They are both good size couches and although my kids could each have their own, they decided to still just sleep on own. Maybe for extra comforting of each other in a strange place?
Our bed has a nice, firm mattress and the bed suits both my DH and myself just fine. Remember we are used to a California King and DH is pretty tall,
but no complaints at all!
The kitchen is quite large, specially in comparison to what we had in our apt in France. Of course, that entire apt could've fit inside the living room of this apt. Okay, slight exaggeration.
All the windows face out into the square and open up to bring all the excitement indoors. I keep them open till bedtime and spend a lot of time hanging out of them just people watching. When it's time for bed, I close them and the shutters to keep the noise level down as well as the sun as we have been sleeping in rather late.
The apt is equipped with everything you will need with 2 exceptions; there is no phone, so if you are bringing/getting a cell phone you will be okay. If you weren't planning to bring/buy one, you may reconsider. Secondly, there is no internet. Not a big deal for most people, but we have our lap top and wanted to use it to look up things. We had to purchase it. We opted for 7 days use for 50e. A little higher than we wanted, but had we had it 1 day earlier, we would've known not to purchase the Lisboa Card. Well, actually, I did kind of know that it was a bit of a rip-off but we got so confused about where to get our colinas card/transportation card,that we caved. We spent time looking at the options again and are going to try to see if we can return the Lisboa Cards as we haven't used them yet.Lesson #1 learned.
Okay, got a little off track there. Anyways, about the apt. Great! If you are/were on the fence about it, no worries; I am here to tell you that it is worth it!
Meeting with Joao and Matt for coffee tonight!
