After two sea days, we arrived in Lisbon
at 8:00. We had breakfast, packed a couple of snacks,
and headed for the train station. We
weren't sure how far it was, but we set out on foot anyway. It wasn't too bad a walk, uphill most of the
way. We got on the 10:00 train to Sintra.
After a forty minute ride, we arrived in Sintra, along with a couple of
thousand other tourists. It's really a
lovely hill town. We walked for a while
and then found a quick lunch. We then
continued walking, not sure where we might end up. We knew the Pena
Palace was pretty far, and the
Moorish Castle was on top of a very high hill.
But we did find the Quinta da Regaleira, a fascinating 1912
mansion. We didn't go inside, but we
walked around the amazing rounds. By 2:00 we'd had enough wading through the crowds,
so we took the train back to Lisbon, We arrived back on the ship in time for a
late tea.
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