We’re heading back to Lisboa, capital of Portugal, after our photo workshop in the Dolomites of Italy. We are going to stay in the appealing neighborhood of Saldanha and explore other places that we might want to live. Maybe we’ll go birdwatching in the Tejo estuary or take a daytrip to the palaces in Sintra. Mostly, though we want to learn about the different neighborhoods…
Trip Diary
- Aug 29 Venice to Lisboa
The next morning, we had to repack our stuff for flying on the plane. We didn’t have to worry so much about delayed luggage and not having our hiking gear, so a lot more could … - Aug 30 Avenidas Novas
Bullet journal: Tasty breakfast at healthy restaurant Olivia. We had avocado toast with poached eggs, turmeric ginger wakeup shot, tea made with lemon peel, capuccino. We were heading to a recommended croissant place and found … - Aug 31 Parque das Naçoes
We slept in until around 8am and ate our new groceries for breakfast before heading out to look for a place to buy a couple of Viva Viagem metro cards. We asked at the magazine … - Sep 1 Parque Florestal de Monsanto
Pam walked a block to the Gulbenkian gardens to birdwatch before breakfast. Today we wanted to visit Monsanto Park, a huge park to the north of Lisboa, but still served by city buses. So, we … - Sep 2 Alvalade again
We decided to go back to Alvalade and see the market on Avenida Rio de Janiero. It was around noon, and the market seemed only half in business. There were lots of whole fish, fruit, … - Sep 3 Avenidas Novas and Benfica
We visited the Gulbenkian Museum in the morning. They had a great modern show pairing Gorky and Portuguese artist Jorge Quieroz. Their historical collection ranged from prehistoric to 19th century. Lunch and a visit to … - Sep 4 Cascais and Carcavelos
The train to Cascais is a scenic route along the shore. We got ready kind of early and were out the door at 9am. The 746 bus was across the street and took us to … - Sep 5 Sintra
We took the train to Sintra from the Entrecampos station in Lisbon. The hour trip seemed fast. At Sintra, we bought the hop-on-hop-off ticket for the public bus which was waiting at the train station. … - Sep 6 Lisboa -last day
We headed out to breakfast at Hygge Kaffe where we had poached eggs on toast with herby butter, scrambled eggs and homemade bread, and a cinnamon roll, their specialty. Our drinks were lemonade with passion …