portugal (sintra & cascais) day 7

Today we decided to visit Sintra. I’ve been to Sintra before and thought the place was quite beautiful so I wanted my mom and sis to experience that too. Sintra is a beautiful old town high in the mountains. It has its own microclimate and as such, experiences a lot of rain. A few years…

portugal (lisbon) – day 3

A touristy day today. After catching the train, we walked in the general direction of the Elevador de Santa Justa. Lisbon is very hilly and many of those hills are steep. Getting from the lower part of the city to the higher streets is difficult, so several strategically placed elevators around the city make this…