Editor's note: Finally getting around to writing our Sintra day. After deliberating with Moos who would be writing this blog post, as Sintra was his favourite day by far, I finally gave it to him to write. Today, it ended up back in my hands! ~ Once again, our early start to the day was …
Having had a busy two days, we had planned for our fourth day to be a chilled out, easy going day, for tomorrow would be the busiest of them all. Tomorrow was Sintra. We wanted to visit the Basilica da Estrela today, and as we had done the past 3 days, we proceeded to get …
Day 3: Today was a big day, perhaps the only reason for our visit to Lisbon. Today was the day we visited the Oceanarium. We got ready promptly, with Moos showering first and myself second, by this point I was used to the wet towel and flipflops. Breakfast was at the 'A Padaria Portuguesa' by our hostel.
Day 2: We woke up to the sound of people in the kitchen retrieving their free breakfast. Eager to get ready and get out we sought to both shower and head out for the day. The free breakfast was bread, milk, and cereal. Most of it had gone by the time we checked but we wanted to stop off somewhere more central to pick up breakfast.
We had booked our trip in February and settled on Lisbon after having ruled out numerous other destinations such as: Bulgaria, South-East Asia and wherever else the map suggested. Our flights were the cheapest we could find, which happened to be with Monarch, with no in-flight entertainment due to its short-haul nature, which meant finding …
A little bit about me... Hi! I'm Lydia, a nineteen year old Law student, currently studying in York. The creation of this blog has stemmed from a long line of summers that have been filled with days of doing nothing and experiencing so little of the world. I have come to realise that although travelling …
