Thanks! I live very close to part of that route, and see the 28 tram frequently. The trams certainly do add some charm to Lisbon.
I found that video over a year ago and always wanted to take that ride.
I’m very curious about Lisbon. I read Mark Molesky’s book about the November 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Fascinating and deeply disturbing, particularly in today’s context.
I think about it a lot. All those people sitting in their pews on All Saints’ Day, praying piously.
“The
earthquake struck on the morning of 1 November 1755, All Saints’ Day. Contemporary reports state that the earthquake lasted between
three and a half and six minutes, causing
fissures 5 metres (16 ft) wide in the city center. Survivors rushed to the open space of the docks for safety and
watched as the sea receded, revealing a plain of mud littered with lost cargo and shipwrecks. Approximately
40 minutes after the earthquake, a tsunami engulfed the harbor and downtown area, rushing up the Tagus river "so fast that several people riding on horseback ... were forced to gallop as fast as possible to the upper grounds for fear of being carried away." It was followed by two more waves. Candles lit in homes and churches all around the city for All Saints' Day were knocked over,
starting a fire that developed into a firestorm which burned for hours in the city, asphyxiating people up to 30 metres (98 ft) from the blaze.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake
