Monte de Chora Cascas Sintra

Well its a Business Class lounge, so actually its all good, as we have unlimited drinks, food, magazines, showers and most importantly for me free wi-fi. I actually have time to catch up on all those things that I haven't had time for........including checking out possible accommodation for our trip, good kite spots, as well as emails, Facebook and wind and weather reports from the ...

... his love for her, and now it is a tradition of sorts that when a man tells a woman he loves her that she asks for a palace, so the boy gets creative and makes one out of sand or draws her one. Our tour guide is a graphic designer, so he always draws his girlfriends a palace, I think it's cute. Pena was really cool, and made especially cool by the fog, which made it feel really eerie, and all of us came out with much curlier and wetter hair than we went in with ...

Hello Everyone!<br>Sorry it has been so long since my last post, I'm horrible at keeping up with stuff like this. <br><br>The weekend of Halloween, me and my friend Lauren went out of the country for the first time since we've been in Spain. We went to Lisbon, Portugal. It was incredible. Unfortunately, we only had roughly 24 hours there (we had to make it back in time for class on ...

... wanted to see them. So I went to the Pena Palace first. It´s a fairytale-like castle, with a mishmash of styles. I got to walk all around the outside and marvel at the amazing clash of colors--one section of the castle was yellow, one was blue, and another red. And the inside was pretty cool too.<br><br>When I was done touring the castle, I walked through the castle grounds, out to the highest point in ...

Alright, as promised, here is my update for my daytrip to Sintra. It was absolutely gorgeous!!! Sintra is a small town about a 45 minute train ride outside of Lisbon, lots of GREEN hills and some old hilltop castles (one in ruins from the old Moorish rulers and another that was a monestary and then a royal residence.) There are many other houses and the ugly looking royal palace in town (seriously, on the ...

Early in the morning, I took a train from Rossio to Sintra. Then, I took bus 403 from Sintra station to the lighthouse. It is very beautiful there and I bought a certificate saying that I've been to the westermost point on the continent of Europe. After that, I took a bus to Pena Palace and Moorish ...

... over rocks and splashed in the cold water of the Atlantic. Near the end of our time there, the group rejoined in a circle on the sand and shared our happiness. I fought so hard, but the warm sunshine that streamed in through my bus window and Jack Johnson's voice that crooned from my ipod won me over to sleep. I woke up in Sintra, a gorgeous little hillside village with cobblestone alleys, ancient houses ...

... beach with cows. Teh giant Swiss guy and the haunting of Bokor Hill Station. The French hospital where I thought I was going to die and the hellishness of Saigon. Hitting rock bottom and recovering. The Swedish guys, endless cups of coffee, and the hike that almost did kill me in Dalat. Dancing on the beach to no music with Angelique and the braclet ladies. More coffee and tailor-made clothes in Hoi An. Mr. T and the motorcycle ride through the jungle on the ...

... to GIVE us room, we will MAKE one!!" And with that, we are off: - Coffee table and magazines are moved to the wall - TV is moved into the corner - All the seating cushions from the couch are put on the floor. - Old smelly clothes are bunched up to create a make-shift pillow And here is the best...... The room has a lock that can only be 'unlocked' from the inside! CLICK, CLACK! 7:23am - Asleep! 10:15am - Urgent Rattle at the door. The door is still locked. Ha ...

... fa il bagno, io mi limito ad un pediluvio nell'Atlantico, l'acqua è troppo fredda. La spiaggia però è fantastica. La ciclabile finisce alla Praia del Guincho, ripartiamo sulla statale, poco trafficata. Cominciamo a salire. Dopo qualche chilometro arriviamo alla deviazione per Cabo Da Roca, 3 km di discesa ripidissima. A Cabo da Roca ci aspetta una vista mozzafiato, la scogliera è a 145 mt sul livello del mare. Siamo nel punto più occidentale dell ...