Quinta da Fonte Nova Sintra

... we have officially left the Meditteranean. The sea is not that pretty blue sapphire color any more. Tomorrow is another sea day and we have gone to the ship library for more books to last during the crossing. One more port, Ponta DelGada in the Azores. It's been quite a journey and we admit, we're tired!! 750 miles to the Azores, 3800 miles from Venice, 3623 to Ft. Lauderdale..We'll be back Sunday.

dieptes en hoogtes --> het elastisch systeem




IS het mensen missen,... of is het gemis,.. of is het eenzaamheid,... of is het gemis aan (h)erkenning,...Nee het is ( sorry) alvast niet het missen van mensen,... het is mijn ego dat me wederom parten speelt,... mijn ego-tripper heeft geen voeding gekregen,.. en als hij uitgehongerd is, dan begint hij te vreten aan mijn “zelf- vertrouwen” . jeetje,... ben ik dan echt zo verslaafd aan de voeding ...

... eten,... prijskaartje voor “ uitgebreid eten” 9 euro de man,... WHAT THE ****,.... we wilden gewoon een foto van de rekening trekken,... dat zo goedkoop nog bestaat,... maar aangezien ik al had besloten er mijn home-restaurant van te maken, liet ik mijn toeristische trekken achterwege,...DUS voor al mijn bezoekers,... DAAR GAAN WE ETEN,....






mu itu bem,... nu portugese les,...falar portugues e me gosta!!!!


BEIJOE GRANDE

... deciso di fare di più, anche se il tempo non ci favoriva. Siamo scesi dal treno e abbiamo iniziato a battere i denti dal freddo, il parco era immerso nella nebbia che si diradava con il salire del sole, ma non si dissolveva mai completamente, e comunque faceva freddo.
Il paese è comunque stupendo, la magia degli azulejos e delle case in tinte pastello rende l'insieme fiabesco.
Abbiamo iniziato con il Palazzo Nazionale ed ...

... who built up these elaborate grounds around his place, complete with a church, grottoes, underground tunnels, and a Templar initiation well! And walking about the palace, there weren´t all the typical red ropes and plastic barricades - you could pretty much go everywhere, even up the spiral staircases to the rooftop tower balconies. It was so neat! I felt like young nobility frolicking about the palace grounds!

... fresh shirt and we headed off. To get to Sintra we needed to get to Sete Rios station on the Metro where we would be able to link up with the train service to Sintra. Luckily for us there is a new Metro station at Santa Apolonia only 5 minute's walk from our apartment. This was a good opportunity for us to work out how to get to the bus station, which is also at Sete Rios. We managed to work out how to use the ticket vending machine (well sort of) and ignored the line of people ...

... So 7th grade was very exciting for me because I was out of that rinky dink elementary school and for the first time ever, I had choices! I was in charge of my educational destiny. I could choose 1. if I wanted to continue with band - or not. (I did). 2. if I wanted to speak a language. Yes, French please - which I still to this day think was the wrong choice. Spanish, people. Spanish! and 3. either Wood Shop or Home Ec. As if that's a choice! I can't imagine why in the world I ...

... partly 1970s style and a bit ugly) and then on our way south from the city we stopped off to check out the Roman ruins in Conimbriga - worth a look for the amazingly well preserved mosaics (which I accidentally walked on cos there was no sign telling me not to! Luckily there was a army of idle staff who raced over to inform me that this was not allowed...)but no Pompeii or Rome (we're a bit hard to wow these days). Then we headed towards the coast to spend night 2 ...

... city and the people are very friendly. I then found the Se Cathedral. The cloister was built in 1150 but the cathedral but was done in 1766. The church was pretty with amazing old sculptures and wooden statues, this was all part of the ruins of the cloister. The old ceiling was still in existence. The center courtyards were mostly gone. Tree's and bushes had taken over including one pink flowered tree. The contrast between the ...

... in each of the rooms. One room--a teak room with white gothic reliefs had a chandelier resembling a morning glory vine in full, dripping bloom. Other rooms were filled to the brim with tapestries in rich colors. Rooms were painted deep teals, or terra cottas, or covered in blood red damask. Some walls were covered in mosaics or in frescoes of art nouveau ladies. The queen's room was a dizzying relief pattern, repeated on the walls and ceiling in ...