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Late nights, early mornings
For once we were not rushing straight off after the gig, so when I'd cleared everything up I was lucky enough to be taken out to sample Lisbon's nightlife by a few of the Oikos volunteers - Luca, Carla and Isabelle.
I had a great night, despite the constant teasing I suffered at the hands of the two girls. I'm not sure what I did (well, apart from when I mistakenly got their names mixed up...sorry Carla!), but they were laying into me nonetheless! Probably fully deserved I'm sure. Luca kindly gave me a lift back to the hotel as the sun was just thinking about coming up for a new day. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light. I must be getting old, these late nights are really taking their toll!
As arranged the night before, I made my way over to the Oikos office on Thursday morning (well, Thursday lunchtime by the time I got up!) via the beautiful Castelo de Sao Jorge. (Sorry, no photos as your wally of a blogger left his camera at the hotel). I met up once again with Luca, who is completing an internship at Oikos, and Carla and Isabelle (volunteers in the office), as well as Joana and Luis, who both work on the campaigning and advocacy side.
After a quick tour of their beautiful, if a little tumbledown, offices which have a stunning view across Lisbon (I don't think I'd ever get any work done with that outside the window!) we went out for a spot of lunch. It was a chance to compare and contrast the work of Oxfam and Oikos, and we had a very lively discussion on the role of development organisations.
After lunch, I had to hot-foot it back across town just in time to jump on the bus for the mammoth overnight journey to San Sebastian in Spain. Once again though, I felt a tinge of sadness as we left Lisbon - I'd had a great time, thanks to the Oikos staff. I hope that one day I will be able to return all this wonderful hospitality which I have received on tour. Thank you Oikos!
posted at 9:27 AM
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thank you chris! we had a nice time with you too! it was nice meeting you!
By isabel,
2:25 PM
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