Trip to Portugal 2023

11/24/2023 Flight, Lisbon, Portugal
11/25/2023 Lisbon, Portugal
11/26/2023 Belem Tower and Monastery
11/27/2023 Sintra, Quinta Palace, Cape Ropa, Cascais
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11/28/2023 Obidos, Nazare (surfing), Fatima
11/29/2023 Tomar (Templars), Coimbra (university), Porto
11/30/2023 Porto – Clerigos Tower
12/1/2023 Aveiro canals
12/2/2023 Lisbon to Tampa

11/24/2023 Lisbon

The "Meeting Point"at the airport in Lisbon makes it super easy to meet the person you need to meet! They should have these in all airports!
Eileen and I did our own walking tour. The sidewalks all over Portugal are made up of small blocks of limestone.
Electric scooters and electric bikes are everywhere.
Old buildings are being renovated.
Ancient fire hydrant.
Mailbox
Vending machine to get a ticket for the subway, bus or ferry.

11/25-26/2023 Tour of Lisbon, Portugal

Eileen in front of the "No Name" sculpture.
Two brass sculptures showing how the limestone blocks are placed in the sidewalks. Our guide and a girl in our group.
Black rocks are placed to provide pictures.
An elevator and platform designed and built by Eiffel of the Eiffel Tower.
Breadstuffs for sale.
Commeration of a flight.
Tower which used to guard the waterway.
Pictorial on the deck commemorating Portugal's discoveries around the world in the 1200-1500's.
Satue depicting all those explorers.
Church and University.
Typical set of candles you can light.
Atypical: 21st Century - electronic candles, put in your coin and select which electric candle to light.

11/27/2023 Sintra, Quinta Palace, Cape Ropa, Cascais

The Palace of Sintra, also called Town Palace, the conical chimneys our guide said were large enough to work inside at the bottom.
Side street, the mosaic in the sidewalk is of the two chimneys of the Palace,
A tribute to the sardine industry, all sardine canes making up a rotating Ferris Wheel.
A hotel built by an Englishman in 1764
Interior (not my photo)
One of many fountains all over the Quinta property.
Quinta Regaleira
There is an underground passage from here to the main building.
One of the many underground passages (not my photo). I did get pretty dirty going through it tough.
Well with walkway down (not my photo)
Animal stall converted to a restaurant in town where we had lunch.
Castle up on the hiss, town, and brown huts getting ready to host a Christmas celebration (50 foot Christmas tree on right).