Pensao Nova 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 ...

... was enough to knock you over. I guess this place is a big hit with the Asian tourists, because it's the "other end" of the world for them, and when they stop they all buy a 10 euro certificate to prove they were there... <br>After the End of the World we went down to a beach, and the water was surprisingly warm. 3 of my friends went swimming in their underwear... it was comical to watch, not enticing enough to join. They were playing in the huge waves, actually ...

... back towards the city center. We ended up finding a great cafe with outdoor seating and surprisingly great food. Even better than the food was the sangria made from green wine. Portugal is famous for their green wine, and this was easily the best sangria I have even tasted. After lunch, we went out towards the ocean and when to the aquarium. It was awesome! In the center of the ...

... the top of the walls. It was very fun.<br><br>When I was done touring the castle, I took the bus back to Sintra. I was feeling pretty tired by this point and I almost went straight back to Lisbon. But the bus got stuck in traffic right by the Nacionale Palace, so eventually I decided I might as well get off and go tour it (it was free with a Lisboa Card I had bought to ride public transportation and get ...

... they built it in the first place! Insane... I about died on the hike up, pretty steep. Plus the fact that I am not in the best of shape. And then all those stairs at the castle! Up and down, up and down, up and down - they must have had wonderful looking legs! So if you decide to visit and do the hike, by all means go for it because it´s beautiful, but bring more water than you think you will need because ...

the first day-trip of this visit took me about an hour out of lisbon to a little town called sintra. apparently it was a favourite spot of lord byron, and lots of writers flock here. amazing palaces and gardens, full of tunnels and cool things to discover (including this massive well that's straight out of something from lord of the ...

... we could thank him enough, the man was beneath his orange tree, shaking its branches and reaching for more fruit. He presented us with an armful of the tiny orange globes, and we let the sticky, tart juice run down our arms as we peeled the oranges in a dumpster we found a few feet away. After having received an anything but friendly welcome by most Lisboans the first few days, the orange tree owner ...

... market, sampling street food and hotel buffets. The Tibetan restaurant and getting lost in Lijiang. Mom offering me up tot he flash floods. Going beyond hte limits on the Great Wall and Mom's malfunctioning audio guide in the Forbidden City. The most amazing dish of food ever, massages, and canasta to classical music. The smugglers, Dave and the Swedish guys, drinking 2.5 liter beer and playing cards on the trans-sib. The acrobat troupe. Forbidden Vodka in the ...

Ridiculously early arrival at Gatwick, 4am and still met with check in queues wrapping themselves around the whole aiport. The joy of August travels! Surrounded by Sharon's and Trevors in their velour tracksuits, reebok trainers and Burberry suitcases, and their identically clad sprogs, we queued for no less than an hour for TAP ( soon to be classified as the worst airline on this planet!) to be only told that we had the wrong e ticket, we weren't on ...

... la bella fontana splendidamente decorata ci colpiscono in modo particolare. Mangiamo splendidamente alla Casa de Avò e rimandiamo alla mattinata successiva un ulteriore tour di Sintra. Frasi del giorno: "O isto o isto" (O questo o questo) detta dalla addetta della mensa dell'Ostello a Fabio che voleva prendere una cosa di troppo. "Hangloose!!!" "Prendila comoda, Take it easy": urlo lanciato da due hawaiiani che ci hanno chiesto di scattargli una foto.