There was a bit of a snafu getting checked in, and I was surprised to have to fill out a form (which I didn't have to do in Lagos), so check in was a bit rough (I'd already had a rough time getting to Lisbon from Lagos by bus, if you take the same trip take the train instead). Once I was settled and got a better idea of the city and the apartment I really did like it.The apartment was huge and clean, way more than I needed. It had all of the amenities that you could use; a full kitchen, cable tv, elevator, a bidet (if you need), and a comfortable bed. It is surprisingly quiet given its location. It is kind of a hike to get to (because it’s high on a hill, as pretty much everything is), but you do get used to it pretty quickly. The location is great. If you walk out and go left (up the stairs) and go a few blocks there is a very lively area full of restaurants and bars. Going the opposite direction it is a bit more quiet, but still has it’s fair share of restaurants. I did find a couple of quirky things. There is no door or curtain on the shower (it has a kind of half wall), so i felt I had to be careful not to slash water out into the bathroom. In the hallway they pipe Portuguese news and music radio into the hallway. You can’t hear it in the apartment, but it did strike me as odd. The only REAL drawback was the lock going into the apartment. There seems to be something wrong with it. If you turn it, it will turn about 10 times before it catches. If you turn it the wrong way it won’t unlock, so you have to turn it about 10 times the other way and hopefully it will unlock in that direction, but if you were too timid and didn’t turn it hard enough the other way, and that was the correct way, you have to turn the key (about 10 times) back the other way. I came home late one night and somehow the front of the lock became unaligned with the back of of the lock and it seemed like I was going to be locked out, until if figured out if i suck the key in partially and turned it re-aligned and I was (finally) able to get in. They need to fix this, but in the meantime, figure out which direction is the correct direction to turn the key and remember it every time.

Other than that, this apartment was perfect, and Maria is a very sweet woman.