Greeting from Cascais! Or should I say Saudação de Cascais. Cascais is a little beach-side resort town outside of Lisbon. We’ve been told Lisboetas have been escaping city life to camp our here for centuries. We decided that after the move and Denmark blitz it would make sense to take it easy for a few days. So far, Cascais has more than delivered in the relaxation department.
First off, our resort has been outstanding. Swathi found a resort that caters to families, so they have all sorts of amenities for children: three different children’s pools, plentiful of playgrounds/toy rooms, a man in a fox costume that makes the rounds at breakfast.
There is also a Kids Club where where kids can play games and do activities sans parents, but Soren unsurprisingly found that a bit scary. The first day he cried until he got a bloody nose. The next day he relaxed a bit and ended up having a great time. On to the rundown of the past couple days…
June 28…arrival
Got into the resort around 5 and headed straight to the pool. Soren learned about hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms. After a quick bath we had a very mediocre dinner at the hotel resturant. Mediocre for adults that is. They somehow nailed the kids buffet with plain pasta and over-steamed broccoli that Soren wolfed down on his own. Even Meera was eyeing the food enviously:
June 29…City of Cascais
After a failed attempt at introducing Soren to Kids club (i.e. bloody nose incident), we escaped as a family to the city of Cascais to explore. It is a tiny and one might even say “quaint”.
After a lovely afternoon of strolling the cobbled streets, we found ourselves stranded in the rain tying in vain to hail an Uber. In our distressed state, we forgot to take a photo of the four of us standing pathetically under an inadequate awning trying to avoid the rain. We listened to Disney songs to maintain morale.
June 30…Our friends arrive
Once they arrived, the fun really began! After some initial shyness (from Soren), they kids got the party started with trampolines, pool time and mac & cheese. We headed to dinner soon after:
Cascais photos here