No Moss For Us

Finally embracing what ‘vacation’ is supposed to be, we had another lazy, restful morning before grabbing a quick pastry breakfast at “Cyber Cafe” (sadly we had exhausted our supply of Belem tarts). Today we were off to the big beach…

Thankfully, upon rising and realizing we were more than a little hungry, we were able to munch on a few leftover Pasteis de Belem cream tarts for breakfast (still delectable, particularly with some cinnamon and powdered sugar on top!). We…

Armed with plenty of beach recommendations along our route and a 10am checkout time, we were all up and out early, determined to make the most of our day of traveling to the Algarve. However, once again, Lisbon Airport transportation…

A quick breakfast and hustle to the Moorish train station was on the agenda for the morning as we had an extra packed day scheduled – A half-day visit to the nearby town of Sintra, then to the district of…

We had an early morning wake up, as our friends had arranged a half-day walking tour for us all (Thanks Frank and Desirae!). Our guide was a jovial woman named Paola who was a born and raised Lisbon-ite. Our first…

For our last few hours in Lisbon, we rose early to check the last few sites off our list. We started with the Lisbon train station, which is filled with beautiful blue and white tile murals: From there, we walked to…

One thing we didn’t mention in the other posts is the amazing street art of Portugal. It is all very well done by the talented street artists of the city, and also seems to be city-sanctioned in places: almost every…

Despite our best efforts, it was tough to rise for our second day in Porto. Fortunately all was not lost, we just need some grub to kickstart the morning. After a quick stroll, we found a café that served something…

We bid a VERY early morning goodbye to Terceira (9am flights wait for no man…or lady!) and landed back in Lisbon with a few hours to kill before our train to Porto. After reviewing all the near by options, we…