Reporting: LIS is a clusterduck.

- Arrival from the US. Line 100s of people long right in the corridor. Non-EU citizens go into the endless line, EU citizens move by. This line is *not* immigration, it's a COVID doc check. Since I was going to an intl. connection - asked and was directed to go along with the EU citizens. This resulted in a quick check of my EU COVID certificate. So, if you have a EU COVID cert - tell them you have an international connection. That saves at least 1hr.

- This just puts you in the immigration hall. In there zero line for the E-gates, so EU citizens, UK & Japan citizens can get through in no time. Line for non-EU citizens (US included) is at least 2 hrs long. Didn't even try.

Off to the international area, where one can have an excellent bum shower (paper towels, cold water in the sink) and spend some time in a poorly air conditioned terminal (in particular areas around the 2 cafes are stiffling hot). If you are lucky - find an unused gate and hang there (until it opens and they kick you out).

Basically, if you are a US citizen, using LIS as a port of entry to Europe is a very bad idea. Will have another intl. to Schengen connection later (and then Schengen to international), so will report here - but not looking forward to it

BTW Tap flight from the US was weirdly a decent experience.