Lisbon: looking for Europe's oldest tram

Lisbon is a soul free city, it has no family status to see, no concept of time, old, tolerance, slowly, colorful, fascinating. Walking in the broken stones on the road, you don't have to be elegant, not luxury, even without affectation, too observant of conventional standards. In fact, Lisbon is a decline in the city, once brilliant history only the old mark during the 1755 earthquake, today I Rees inEuropeUnder the weight of the economic crisis, is facing the pressure of life of unemployment. But, for a traveler, the city's biggest charm lies in this -- it is not fashionable, not elegant, not shiny new buildings and rapid modernization development, but still happy, lively, allowing the passage of time, the story of precipitation.

The tram

In Alfama, release your soul

Lisbon is a city built on seven hills in the city, if you strong leisure, might as well climb seven high ground, overlooking the folds, like building a house.

The old tram is roaming the most interesting traffic tools. According to local people, the company has 140 years of history, now only retains the 5 tram lines and dozens of old tram, listening is one of the oldest tram europe. Among them, 28 tram routes most like, almost past -- Alfama, Shangcheng District, Pasha and Chiado area the most beautiful full, see the old city, Metro, the picturesque scenery, Castle square.

The steep, narrow streets

East of the Alfama district is full of steep narrow high streets and back lanes, on both sides are be riotous with colour of the old house, it is said that the area was lucky in the earth quake, the old house is preserved until now. The tram in jingle when sound, staggering along, many naughty children and young people, will take advantage of the car when climbing in the back, waiting for an opportunity to take the free tram. In Alfama street, you will often see a row of people hanging on the tram, together with rickety, jingling.

The composition of music college students weekend Street bands

Take one's ease like travelers to time visiting here -- and those seemingly simple but arrogant European old neighborhoods, unclean broken mosaic stone road, drying in the outside of the clothes, the roof and the antenna, can be seen everywhere in the graffiti, lying in the window of the big cats, cigarette butts, street corner...... No discipline, no order, not elegant, not neat, but, in the Alfama, your soul was released.