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A Corkscrew Maze of Mosaics- Dani
... or good afternoon- but probably bagging out Brent's mo!) Brent just simply smiled, implied a toast towards the man & walked outside. The shop keeper shouted something to the man along the lines of ‘Sit down & shut up”. The harmless old dude had a giggle and sat back to this brew.
In love with what we’d seen of Portugal so far, we were looking forward to seeing the northern parts & the home of Port.
Loving every minute
Dani & ...
Castles and Custard tarts
... to Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) which was constructed in the 8-9th Century. We also went to The Pena castle which started as a monastery but after the damage from the earthquake it was reduced to ruins. Eventually King Ferdinand bought the the land and decided to built his summer palace on the rocks high in the mountain. The bus ride up to these castles was very interesting, winding through the steep, narrow roads in a bus packed ...
Portuguese tarts!
Lisbon is a very beautiful place. The harbour was very scenic to sail into and we did a very good sight seeing tour of the city before heading to a place call Sintra in the hills. A town a little with cobbled streets, cafes, etc. Leon tasted some ...
Pasteis De Belem (The Portuguese Tart)
Arriving in Lisbon marks the end of our little ride across Europe. When leaving Estonia 3 months ago, Portugal was calling. Some people thought the warmer weather was driving us south, our family believed we were cycling all the way to spend some time with them, it's ...
A Day in Lisbon
Lisbon surprises us somewhat. It is not the bright and prosperous capital city we expected and we find it quite run down in places and lacking many old buildings and attractions. Perhaps this is in part due to the tragic earth quake in 1755, where 15000 people died in Lisbon and much of the city was laid to ruin.
We start a long day of trekking with a walking tour of the Castelo de Sao Jorge and the Alfama district. The steep climb up ...