Life's a beach...

Well we have hit 'Becs' part of the trip and surprisingly enough Jarratt isnt hating it. We are waking up late, eating lots of seafood, drinking more (agua, of course ;)) and lapping up the sun on the beach. Therefore there isnt all that much to report. Despite one interesting option of kid stew that was avaliable on our local eateries menu.



The old town is beautiful and the water is crystal clear, almost everywhere you look is like a postcard. We had originally planned to stay only 2 nights, but have bumped out to 3 now... may have even been 4 if we hadnt already booked our bus trip to Seville tomorrow.



Cant chat long need to get more beach, food and sun into us!



Hope your all well! LOTS of love, US!

Fado, there you go!!!

Well despite beating up pickpockets, being offered pot on every corner and constantly exhausting ourselves in the heat and hill climbs, Lisbon has proved to be one fantastic little place in the world.

Wednesday saw us arrive by bus from Porto, a rather quick ride I must say. We promptly found our hostel which is amazing and definately made us SMILE. Then we dropped our bags and made a beeline for some lunch and the coast. After lunch we climbed to the top of the mountain to visit Castello de St George where Bec shocked herself at Portugal's lax approach to the safety of its tourist and an amazing camera which displayed Lisbon in 360º, very cool. We ended the day with dinner at a fado show in the Alfama district.

Thursday we headed out to Sintra by train. Sintra is a beautiful little town cut into the side of a mountain, kinda like Venice but without the water. When we left the train station, map in hand, we must have zigged when we were suppose to zag and ended up in a non intended location. But turned out to be a blessing in disguse as we were able to negotiate our way up the 529m hill easily. Whilst in Sintra we saw the Pena Palace and Park, the Moorish Castle and Sintra's national palace. All extremely pretty! We then headed back into town where we visited the national... independence.... discovery... something... monument and the Torre de Belem. Back at the hostel we cooked up some grub and drank cold portugese beer... whilst some friendly Canadians showed us the most amazing thing!!! GOOGLE EARTH!!!! You can find your location, your friends location, your home town!!! Its amazing... well, too me anyways.

Today is our final day in Lisbon, we're now off to loose three days on the beach! YAY!

But in the mean time... here are some happy snaps....

Us at the Castle

Fado Show.

Climb every mountain... atop the highest mountain in Sintra with Pena Palace.

J in Sintra's old town.

On the road again...

Well hello, how are you all? Jarratt and I are doing well, currently lapping up the sun and sand here in beautiful Portugal. But before we rub it in too much... a quick update pre our London departure.

We have officially left Angel and are homeless, having spent the last 4 nights in Old Blimey camped out in Bec and Dave's sauna :) Whilst there we managed to spend two days playing happy tourists, visiting London Dungeon as well as Madamme Tussards and the Walkie for the ABs vs Australia in the union. Then early Monday, and I mean like 2:30AM EARLY!!! we made our way by bus, and bus, to Stansted airport for our flight into Porto.

Monday saw us explore the old town, which included the Se Cathedral, Bento train station, the remains of the wall among other things. We also climbed the Torre Dos Clerigos for an amazing view over all of Porto. We also had a very interesting time ordering a portugese burger from a local snack bar. Then spent the rest of the day Siesta-ing and eating Portugese chicken. Very enjoyable.

Today we spent much of the day walking along the river before settling into a lovely lunch at Palacio de Cristal of portugese chicken (again! Becs new favourite) and EGG TART! Yummo!!! We then headed back into town where we visited Calem port wine cellar where we treated to a tasting and tour, both very enjoyable. We made a few purchases as gifts as well as a few bad jokes including bec being "tawn" as to which port to purchase. This afternoon we have enjoyed an afternoon of sunburn and watching the hotel owners son chasing the resident dog with
our camera. I guess its all part of the fun of travelling!

Tomorrow we plan to board a 9:00am bus to Lisbon and unless our current hospitality gets the better of us we will update you all from further south in the next day or two.

Untill then here are some current happy snaps....

Our Hamburger (?)

Us at the Harbour. The tall building on the opposite port is the Torre dos Clerigos

Bec at Porto Harbour (Ponte d'luis is the bridge behind)

J in Calem port wine cellar.