Sintra

I forgot to post pics of our last day.  Normally we try and take it easy before we fly home, but we hadn't taken the day trip out to the city of Sintra and didn't want to miss out. It's only 40 mins by train and takes you to a cute little town, with huge castles and palaces up on a huge hilltop. We ignored common sense and walked/hiked/sweated our way to the top. We opted to not go to the huge gaudy palaces and instead spent hours wandering around Regaleira Palace. It was designed by a rich wierdo who was into the occult, masonry, templars, alchemy and all kinds of other esoteric things. The gardens had secret tunnels and all kinds of interesting symbolism. It was almost like bizzaro disneyland. I loved it! We hiked even further to the old Moorish castle. The views were fantastic.

When we got back to Lisbon, we still had time to go to the beach for an afternoon swim and sunset.