Sintra is a magical town located on top of some hills/mountainous area full of romantic castles and cobblestones and extremely steep hills. Add onto that the fact that the 3 year olds who are accompanying us on this trip, Arya and Soren, are both quite prone to motion sickness/vomiting in general. This is indeed not a trip for the weak of heart. Or stomach, as it were. But onwards we went, barf bags in hand…I won’t go into the gory details.
This is the main one everyone visits, Pena Palace:
The toddlers were often tired and wanted “up!”
Then we hit up the Moorish Castle, which is older, 10-12th century timeline. We were quite high up!!
Because that apparently still was not enough activity for the children, they spent the evening jumping on a trampoline back at the hotel. Therefore all in all, good times were had by all, just at different points of the day!
The next day we checked out of our hotel and headed into Lisbon, where we will be for a few days. We caught the Brazil-Mexico game on the town square and of course everyone here was rooting for Brazil! Happy they won!
Then we went on a leisurely walk to dinner. There are a lot of streets just for pedestrians where we staying downtown, so it is great fun to explore:
More Lisbon exploration awaits us. Unfortunately I have come down with a bad sore throat, but the rest of the gang is doing great and are out exploring the Alfama area as I catch up on blogging…
Hello Llamzons! Just caught up on your amazing adventures! Loving all your entries and insights. Enjoying all the beautiful pictures and seeing your lovely smiling faces. Especially happy for my dear friend Swathi who is finally getting a vacation! 😉 If you like seafood and are looking for recommendations for Spain—Ani and I loved La Paradeta in Barcelona, they have several locations throughout Spain. You pick your seafood fresh and they cook it for you, was very reasonably priced when we went too.