Today we flew from Madrid to Lisbon. The flight is just a little over an hour long, but it still managed to take up a full day. And we were both tired by the time we arrived at our hotel. It’s amazing how exhausting it is to sit on your butt all day … and pleasant to see how much a complementary glass of port when you check in can help.

Yesterday, we rested up after our walk and then headed out for dinner in Plaza Mayor. It had been sunny earlier so we decided we didn’t need to take the umbrella, and we didn’t bother to check the weather first. We won’t make that mistake again. It started to drizzle as we were walking to dinner, and steadily grew colder and rainier as we ate. This is me, enjoying dinner in spite of my shivering.

By the time we finished dinner, it was really coming down and we arrived back at the hotel cold and wet. Which made us think of the lovely digestif we’d had at lunch earlier in the week. We figured it was exactly what we needed to warm us from the inside. And this is where the title for this blog post comes from. Earlier I said the drink was called Orujo, but after discussing with the bartender, we realized that was wrong. Fortunately we were able to figure out the correct name.

We ordered a drink and by the end of it we were feeling warm and fuzzy.

The weather in Lisbon tonight was a lot nicer, and we were much warmer during out dinner outside.

After dinner we took a stroll along the streets around our hotel to get a feel for the city. It was just a taste, but we liked what we saw and we’re looking forward to exploring a lot more tomorrow.