Lisbon, Portugal

I am still on my way home from Lisbon, Portugal. Portugal is a beautiful country that has some of the most gorgeous coastline that I have seen in a long time. (Hawaii is also amazingly lovely.)

PORTUGAL
One of the things that strikes me most is that EVERY sidewalk in Portugal is cobblestone. I mean every single one that I walked on. Some of them have intricate designs that are painful to walk on but lovely to admire.

Bärbel and I went to the hilltop town of Sintra. A town where royalty had spent their summers for centuries, it made me have flashbacks of Sense and Sensibility. Here is the exterior of Quinta da Regaleira which is surrounded by these endless moss covered walls.







Also, on the side of the walls of the castle was this spring that is so symmetrical and has some lovely patina on the walls.

As we drove up to the Castelo dos Mouros we were winding up the hillside and I noticed these walls that fascinated me.

Inside the Castelo it was so easy to be transported back to the times when it was occupied by the moors. On the inside of one of the towers I saw these steps and imagined fighters sitting watch with their bows and arrows protecting the people within the walls.

We walked around the exterior wall.



I love the rock couch and the little spot where the moss has been warded off by people resting on it.

Our amazing drive.


Surfers, the youngest one had to be around 6 years old having a great time in the water.


And some more photos down the coast.


There is so much to see in Portugal so I hope to get back sometime soon.