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Intro to Portugal-more pics added
We arrived in Lisbon on the 8th after a horrendous flight (plane with absolutely no leg room - can you imagine how Pat felt?). Took the local bus to the train station then off to Sintra. We're becoming quite good at riding the train.
Our hotel was on the coast in Colares district of Sintra. Beautiful!! The Atlantic is still a little cold for my …
Lisbon Part 2
... around there a bit and added another requirement to my country that I'll have one day - I have to be the Queen and I also want to have chambers like in the Palácio Nacional. (Not really. But if I did have a country and I could choose, then why not?) It's all so opulent and no detail was spared. I can hardly imagine what it must have felt like to live there. I was very impressed with the kitchen! Albert, my chef brother and I, would've cooked up a ...
The Majestic Mountainous Woodlands of Sintra
... masterpiece is the Hall of Stags which is decorated with 72 noble family coat of arms, including his own at the centre of its domed ceiling. We also saw the simple room where King Alfonso VI was imprisoned for 9 years until his death after being declared insane.
I would love to return for a longer visit - there's so many hiking trails and palaces left to experience!
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A lindissima cidade de Sintra
... revolution in 1910. The palace was an architectural style that I haven't seen before, there was a lot of colour, arches etc that is best described as eclectic. It was a very photogenic building :) After some time there, we headed down the hill to Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle). Castelo dos Mouros is an old military fort, believed to date back to the 9th century and the period of Arabic occupation. ...
Att cabba i Lissabon och en regnig promenad
... valt ut i Sintra, utan lät ödet guida oss.
Och inte föll det väl sig bättre än att vi plötsligt stod i en gränd och tittade upp på en söt liten trappa där en lykta lyste över en skylt där det stod... A Raposa! Stället jag kollat upp och i hemlighet antecknat i svag blyerts i en parentes i min kalender hahahaha.
Vi slog till, utan att ha sett resten av Sintra eller ens ...
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