Review of Brussels Airlines flight from Brussels to Lisbon in Economy

Hi and welcome to the second report of this series covering my late summer trip to Portugal with Brussels Airlines:
1) 07.09 - SN 2560 WAW-BRU - A319 - https://flight-report.com/en/report/35716/Brussels-Airlines-SN2560-Warsaw-WAW-Brussels-BRU
2) 07.09 - SN 3815 BRU - LIS - A320 - you are here
3) 16.09 - SN 3816 LIS - BRU - A320
4) 16.09 - SN 2559 BRU-WAW - A 319
After a very nice flight from WAW we had a short stopover in BRU (1 hour and 10 mintues), enough to walk from gate to gate, have a coffe and take the next flight.

Our gate to LIS was located downstairs and required a long bus ride to a remote stand.

When we finally arrived to the aircraft I saw that on the bus there are more people than just me excited about the fact we are going to fly a special livery A320: The Trident

But as we disembark the bus, we discover to our disappointment that the one supposed to take us to LIS is parked next to the special one and has no special livery at all :(

At least I can take some photos as boarding is very slow

Bye bye Trident, maybe next time!

Once we get on board I discover this A320 must be of the recent ones as it looks quite modern and fresh inside

So boarding seems completed but we still keep waiting with doors open - why is that? After 15 minutes we are informed by the captain (in English) and female purser (in French and Flemish) that we are not allowed to take off due to heavy fog in Lisbon that delayed most of the morning arrivals forcing the airport to stop for a while all the incoming flights that haven't yet departed. So we waited, waited and waited being given every 15 minutes information from the crew about the situation. Finally after 45 mintues or so, chocolates and water were distributed.

I checked the situation on FlightRadar and noticed that deleyed flights started slowly to arrive into LIS. We were still standing and waiting in BRU.

Finally after almost an hour and a half of delay we were given permission to start taxiing.

Luckily there was no queue and we became airborne in a while

At first the weather was perfect, then as we approached the Atlantic coast, it became cloudy

As the whole journey took longer than planned we bacema hungry and decided to try something from the BOB. A tandoori chicken wrap and Leffe beer were a very tasty option.

Legroom is as good as on the A319 from the previous flight

The weather has improved as we entered the Spanish and then Portuguese airspace

We approached Lisbon from the north (some remains of the morning fog could still be visible) but as we were supposed to land from the south it required a deep left turn over the ocean

After a while we were once more over the city with some stunning views of the red bridge called "Ponte 25 de Abril" and the city centre

As the airport is situated almost inside the city a very low approach over the buildings is required. It's not very common these days in Europe, even in WAW when you land from the nort-west you are not so close to people's houses

Finally on the ground. We spent altogether almost 4 hours at the aicraft (1,5 hours on the ground and almost 2,5 hours in flight)

A last look of the A320 that brought us here

After a very long walk through rather old and used terminal building we finally made it to the baggage reclaim area

That's all about the flight, time to discover Lisbon (a photo bonus will be included in the next report).
Many thanks for reading!