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Oporto

Walking around town with hunger

[Dec. 2021] We left our luggage in the Airbnb in Oporto, a town in northern Portugal, and immediately went out to the town. Because we were hungry. As usual, my husband searched for a restaurant…

Lisbon

Various things in Lisbon

[Dec. 2021] We returned to Lisbon’s Rossio station from Sintra, Portugal, and then took a taxi to the Parliament building near our home (Airbnb). From here, we walked to Naco, a delicatessen shop that we…

Sintra and vicinity

Kitsch taste of the Portuguese royal family

[Dec. 2021] The Sintra National Palace in the middle of the town of Sintra in Portugal was as eccentric as the Pena Palace on the mountain. For example, “Swan Room” (pictured on the cover), which…

Sintra and vicinity

Revisiting the cake shop in Sintra

[Dec. 2021] We came down into the town from the Pena Palace on the outskirts of Sintra, Portugal. After all, we were hungry, so we didn’t look for anything and went straight to a bakery…

Sintra and vicinity

The eccentric Pena Palace

[Dec. 2021] The Pena Palace on the mountaintop in the suburbs of Sintra, Portugal, is characterised by its flashy colours of red and yellow and its decorative appearance. The day we visited was supposed to…

Sintra and vicinity

The way to Sintra

[Dec. 2021] Sintra is considered to be an “absolute place to go” (guidebook) as a day trip destination from Lisbon, Portugal. We visited here in February 2019, when my husband had his leg injured and…

Evora

Walk in Evora in the rain

[Dec. 2021] After having a satisfying lunch in Evora, a town in the Alentejo region of Portugal, we walked around the town. Due to the bad weather, to be honest, I wanted to go back,…

Evora

Lucky lunch

[Dec. 2021] After visiting the beautiful bone chapel in Evora, Portugal, it’s lunch time. We walked in the rain, aiming for the restaurant that my husband had found online. This was our first visit to…