January 31 Rank review promise for 'top heavy' police force
She spoke no English, and we spoke no Portuguese, we’d been taken to her house by a boy that had met us as we’d got off the coach in small town somewhere on the outskirt of Lisbon. We were still young enough to see the differences in one city from another. Maybe that was just the time, maybe not. That night we managed to find our way to a side street full of restaurants and chose one at random. We got into a bit of an argument about paying for the bread we’d been given shortly after we’d sat down, which we’d assumed was free. Neither of us were experienced enough back then and felt we were being ripped off, which we told them, not our finest moment. Lisbon reminded me of Leeds, full of strong vertical buildings that leaned over us. We were back on the street by 7 or 8 but everywhere seemed empty so we went back to our peculiar accommodation earlier than we’d imagined. Didn’t know people went out later over there then. We drank Port and laughed at It’s a Knockout on a small T...