Travelling around Portugal! Lisbon, Sintra, Coimbra, & Porto
Wow, it is always a bit of a shock living in a tiny little town...and then going to a big city! Lagos to Lisbon is quite the jump!
We packed up our bags and moved out of our flat on November 1st...and settled into Aurelias uncles flat in Lisbon for 5 days. The weather wasnt exactly fantastic...it was 20 degrees which is nice, but it was raining most of the time. We hiked up hills (Lisbon is full of them!), wandered side streets, saw the sights, laughed at the insane parking rules (there are none! Wherever you want to park...you can park!), went on the rollercoaster-like tram line #28, tested out different port wines, and checked out the lively nightlife in Bairro Alto. Oh, and we managed to get our Chinese visas here as well...damn we are good!
We went to our first Football match (soccer to us Canadians) in Lisbon which was an experience in itself. The fans are crazy!!!! We saw Benfica vs. Beira Mar...Benfica won 3-0. They forgot to put in a parking lot at the stadium (typical Portuguese planning!), so everyone parks on the side of the highway...hillarious!
We also checked out Sintra, a sweet picturesque town outside of Lisbon with the most adorable castle I have EVER EVER seen! (The National Pena Palace). It looks like it came out of a fairytale.
Yesterday we spent a day and a night in Coimbra, a cute and lively university town with lots of history. Even the University had a prision that they used to use for punishing students and professors! The Library there was crazy as well, with walls 2 meters thick, the 250+ year old books are still in good shape.
Porto is where we are currently, (yes, where all the Port wines come from!). It is a great city to spend our last day in Portugal.
Off to London tomorrow for some more travelling fun!
We packed up our bags and moved out of our flat on November 1st...and settled into Aurelias uncles flat in Lisbon for 5 days. The weather wasnt exactly fantastic...it was 20 degrees which is nice, but it was raining most of the time. We hiked up hills (Lisbon is full of them!), wandered side streets, saw the sights, laughed at the insane parking rules (there are none! Wherever you want to park...you can park!), went on the rollercoaster-like tram line #28, tested out different port wines, and checked out the lively nightlife in Bairro Alto. Oh, and we managed to get our Chinese visas here as well...damn we are good!
We went to our first Football match (soccer to us Canadians) in Lisbon which was an experience in itself. The fans are crazy!!!! We saw Benfica vs. Beira Mar...Benfica won 3-0. They forgot to put in a parking lot at the stadium (typical Portuguese planning!), so everyone parks on the side of the highway...hillarious!
We also checked out Sintra, a sweet picturesque town outside of Lisbon with the most adorable castle I have EVER EVER seen! (The National Pena Palace). It looks like it came out of a fairytale.
Yesterday we spent a day and a night in Coimbra, a cute and lively university town with lots of history. Even the University had a prision that they used to use for punishing students and professors! The Library there was crazy as well, with walls 2 meters thick, the 250+ year old books are still in good shape.
Porto is where we are currently, (yes, where all the Port wines come from!). It is a great city to spend our last day in Portugal.
Off to London tomorrow for some more travelling fun!
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