June 16, 2024
Touring Lisbon again
The 3 amigos wandered about Lisbon today finding a few places that I did not see before. We used a metro pass to get around since we wanted to QPwander up some of the hills. We started by going up the elevator that was built in 1902 bay the same architect who built the Eiffel Tower. After that we used tram 28 to take us to the St Jorge (George) castle.
Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior. Human occupation of the castle hill dates to at least the 8th century BC while the oldest fortifications on the site date from the 2nd century BC. The hill on which Saint George's Castle stands has played an important part in the history of Lisbon, having served as the location of fortifications occupied successively by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, and Moors, before its conquest by the Portuguese in the 1147 Siege of Lisbon. Since the 12th century, the castle has variously served as a royal palace, a military barracks, home of the Torre do Tombo National Archive, and now as a national monument and museum.
After the castle we stopped for tapas lunch and then walked to the waterfront. I went back to the flat while Tim and Kevin took in a Bansky museum. It was another quiet night in the flat with Tim making dinner again.
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On the upward move, the mechanism only needs to lift the weight.
On the down move, the brakes must stop not only the weight, but also the momentum. Like coasting to a stop on a hill going up vs squeezing hand brakes on the bike going downhill.
Solution is to limit weight going down. Cable strength might be the limiting factor, or possibly braking power.
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