Good day, Steemians!

It's the sharing economy! ~ @roelandp

It's been a fantastic day in this fantastic city - Lisboa is GORGEOUS!

It really just makes the US uglier and uglier...Here, every vista is unique, with amazing colors, light, textures, and character. In the US, we have gross Wal-Marts, cookie cutter houses designed to fall apart, and highways...

You know when we landed at the airport yesterday, customs didn't check our bags & they didn't even look at our passports! We literally just walked through a door that said "Nothing to Declare" and BAM - we were in LISBON!!!! 

And we almost immediately passed out on the grass outside to rest & reconnect with the Earth, which we didn't get enough of during our previous 3 days of travel inside the prisons they call airports. 

We woke this morning in a comfy enough hostel we found relatively late last night, and enjoyed some yummy coffee before His Steemajesty himself @roelandp graced us with his presence & generosity! 

@roelandp is really, really excellent at what he does, and he deserves to be honored for his epic consideration & attention to detail - I hope all Steemians recognize that. 

None of us would have a SteemFest to come too if it wasn't for him, and I personally would have no business here in Lisbon, therefore I wouldn't have had such a fantastic day of new sights, experiences, connections, and inspirations. 

So super thank you to @roelandp for dreaming & hosting SteemFest for us all once again! 

This afternoon we took a big fat photo fest walk with the also generous & helpful @lifemovedbysteem (thank you for being part of my awesome day!), where we saw more and more of Lisboa's glory around every corner. This city is seriously beautiful & soulful with a richness and depth that gives me goosebumps sometimes. I'm so excited for more of you to get here & see for yourself! 

This is just a wee little taste:

Later in the day we had dinner with one of my favorite couples, the Hilarskis - more very generous & purely lovely people whom I had been looking forward to seeing again since Steemfest the First! Wahoo!!!!

We passed a real shop called The Fantastic World of Portuguese Sardines and LOL-ed along our sweet night walk to the restaurant.

That inspired me to choose these tasty little fishies for dinner. 

They were super delicious, but I enjoyed the company even more than the meal. Thank you @anahilarski & @hilarski! Such a pleasure to spend time with you both! 

Tomorrow we set up the art space at LX Factory with @everlove, @opheliafu, @paolobeneforti, & @quinneaker - it's probably going to be an awesome day too! Who else wants to join the party?? Let me know if you want to meet up and help us make more ART!!! 

There's so much more I want to share, but it's very late & I have to sleep sometimes. I'll leave you with a fantastic shot of the sunset over incredible Lisboa:

💛 Sara!