October 9, 2017 Beautiful day ….again! …..well we now have this drill down pat and we are starting earlier ….breakie, metro, train from the Rossio Station… Today we are heading back to Sintra a short train ride away. Our game plan is simple …visit Pena Palace and the Monserrate Palace and try to get there…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. 2nd day trip to Sintra”
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October 8th As part of our exploratory walks, we visited the Bairro Alto area which is a nighttime entertainment area although it is still interesting during the day but without major sites… The two funicular routes of Gloria and Bica transport passengers (mainly tourists!) up the steep hills into Chiado and Bairro Alto… Next up…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. exploring the Barrio Alto & Chiado Districts”
October 6, 2017 A lovely sunrise, yogurt, fruits, a bun, and coffee and we are all set for an outing to Obidos….. down the wicked hill to the Saint Apolina Station… ……purchase tickets for the Metro ……and 20 minutes later we alight at Campo Grande, in the shadow of a large soccer stadium the bus…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. day trip to Obidos”
October 5, 2017 Well, we have spent the last few days wandering around some of the districts in Lisbon as well as taking care of some day-to-day business….food shopping > can’t eat out all the time !!, bus tickets, etc. Our wandering is taking us to areas outside of Alfama >>> where we “live” and…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. day to day chores and exploring new neighbourhoods”
October 3, 2017 ….not much to report, a lazy day ….planning the next part of the trip (we did not do the due diligence we normally do before the trip as it was up in the air that we would actually go until the last few days). It is amazing how much help it is…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. lazing around and exploring the Belem District”
September 30, 2017 Did some running around the city and just plain old relaxing over the last few days, then opted for an outing to Sintra . Hefty breakfast at “home” and a brisk 20-minute walk to the Rossio train station thinking we would get an early start and beat the crowds, haha on us….long…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. day trip to Sintra”
September 26, 2017 Another beautiful day, on the menu for today is a day trip to Cascais via train: …after an in-house breakfast, we are off ……down what we have christened the “wicked hill”…..and yes, the locals huff and puff as well… ….to the Appollonia Metro Station then connect with the train departing from the…Continue Reading “Lisbon ….. day trip to Cascais”
September 25th Breakfast at the apartment as we bid goodbye to our Porto AIRBNB … Today we are heading to Lisbon by train…a journey of some 3 hours, covering 313 kilometers: ……as usual we walk down to the Sao Bolhoa Metro and onwards to the Sao Bento Train Station > a straight forward ride; after…Continue Reading “Porto to Lisbon ….. and our first full day in Alfama”
September 20- 23, 2017 Aside from our arrival day, the disaster day, and day trips we spent 3 days checking out various sights and enjoying a more languid visiting pace than in Britain. So what follows is more of a summary and collage of the sights and sounds of Porto… Porto is almost 900 years…Continue Reading “Porto ….. sights and sounds”
September 19, 2017 After a quick breakfast packed a day pack and optimistically set out to the Sau Bento train station bound for Espinho (a beach town some 45 minutes by train from Porto) > 7 Euros (10 Cad) return. …..why optimistically ???………because the fog was in and it was coolish, although the forecast called…Continue Reading “Porto ….. day trip to Espinho”