Surprising Lisbon

30th of March: It´s time to say goodbye Lisbon and go back to the reality. Thank you Lisbon and Sintra for having a wonderful time, I knew that you two cities are good, but I didn´t expect too much from you. I was and still I´m totally surprised and excited. See you sometimes the next time!!!

29th of March: Last day. Seriously? I´m not going home. That were my thoughts when I woke up in the morning. Ok, so let´s enjoy the last day. The weather forecast shows about 20 degrees and sunny. Finally I felt like I´m on vacation. We borrowed a map of the city at the reception and went headed for a city survey. We lost sometimes, but we didn´t matter, we were enjoying the surroundings and it didn´t matter where we were. On the way, we decided to go to the ocean. During the journey, we relaxed in another amazing park, visited a magnificent church and just enjoyed the beauty of Lisbon. The beautiful weather in connection with smell of the ocean anchored us for two hours off the coast. We´ve already seen signs of sunburn, so it was time to move on. On our way back we went through the Rossio square and through the city centre. We went out on a steep hill, after which ride a typical Lisbon´s tram. At the top we had a stunning view on Lisbon. Tired, burned and hungry we went back to the ...

28th of March: I love traveling, although I don´t sleep very much, I wake up in the morning full of energy. Traveling and exploring new places and cultures is a total energy charger for me. Today´s plan was Sintra, a medieval town about 20km from Lisbon. Sintra was the summer residence of the royal family. There are countless of palaces, gardens, parks and more. We first visited the Pena Palace. It was cloudy, cold and I didn´t expect anything from Sintra, so my mood was quite bad. My mood was improved as soon as we got out of the bus. So clean air and nature all around! Splendor! So, we went to the palace, where we had to climb the hill, it was a terrible fog, but despite all that, it was all charming. Palace played all the colors and kept my breath away. At first, we went to see the indoor of palace, nothing to interest me, everywhere is the same. But the surrounding was something else! The fog has receded, so we had a wonderful view. We continued walking through the forests and ...

27th of March: Until morning, I realized: I´m in Portugal! So, let´s explore it here! Yesterday´s rain was gone, behind the windows the sun was shining, I´m in Lisbon, it must be hot outside. No, it wasn´t, I really didn´t expect that. Together we went to Marques de Pombal Square, which was the first place I have visited and I was excited. Next to the square was Eduardo VII Park, which I was even more excited about.  Finally, greenery! For a girl who lived twenty years in a small village in the middle of forest and now is living in industrial Birmingham it was like a balm on the soul. In less than twenty minutes we got into the sightseeing bus, which had a XY stops and it was only up to you when you got off. We drove almost through all of Lisbon. How beautiful this city is! And we decided to get off on stop twenty, which was on the coast next to the Belém Tower. My enthusiasm grew, it was perfect there, just the cold wind blew my enthusiasm down. We had a scheduled visit to the ...