Back to Lisboa

Our trip from Dublin to Lisbon was more or less uneventful. No hot water or AC in the hotel in Portugal (can you tell we're headed back to Latin America? haha!). Seriously though, don't stay at the Airport Holiday Inn Express there. But barring a delayed pizza delivery and botched wine order, we got a few hours of sleep, Starbucks the next day and a little bit of relaxation before our flight back to Recife.

 Hand a baby a phone, and you'll see screens you never knew existed! WTF?

Our one photo from a quick outing in Lisbon before our flight!

Vamos Para Belem!

For our last day in Lisbon, we stored our luggage at the airport, hopped into a taxi and headed out to see the historic sights of Belem.  The weather continued to wow, and what a lovely afternoon!

  French pastries for breakfast.  Yum!

Someone is excited!!

The Tower of Belem.  This was the first site the home bound Portuguese explorers saw as they returned from their explorations.

The view from inside the tower.

Family picture time!!

Beautiful stone carvings at the tower.

WALK!! 

Lunch at a Euro-por-kilo.  Yum.  Having to pay 50 cents to use the bathroom at a place I already bought from??  YUCK!

FISH!!  AMAZING!!!

A boat heading out to sea.

The monument of exploration, reaching out.  The weather could not be more beautiful.

 A map of Portuguese exploration.  It says they reached Recife/Olinda in 1500, but they didn't actually carve "Recife" or "Olinda" there...just 1500.

Babes is all packed up.  Cheese!

The fountain in front of Jeronimos Monastery.

The monastery's ornately carved door.

Here lies Vasco de Gama (WHAT?!).

The nave of the church in the monastery.  Stunning.

Then we walked around the monastery's courtyard.  It was so stunning.

Almost every inch was ornately carved.

One last look as we head out.

We made it to Dublin after one of the worst flights of our lives.  It was 2.5 hours of screaming.  Wow.  Talk about relieved to get off an airplane...just wow.

Another Sunny Day in Lisboa!

Today we spent the day strolling through the city, enjoying the weather and wandering.  No agenda, just exploring.

We started the day by riding one of Lisbon's famous street cars.

I think she likes it!

There's the car pulling away.

Lisbon from the top of the hill.

More city views.

A fountain in the park.

A building decorated with traditional Portuguese tiles.

The churches were open for viewing this morning.

These churches have gorgeous painted ceilings.

Happy ladies enjoying vacation.

City-scapes.

Another beautiful church ceiling...

Inside another beautiful church.

We stopped by Starbucks where Kylie was treated to a cup of milk that was just her size!

So Cute!!!

Then we went out for Indian food.  Kylie's milk was served in a very fancy glass this time.

We stumbled on this old and giant tree in a park.

Walk, walk, walk.

We tried to go to the botanical garden, but our guidebook lead us to this "entrance".  We did not get to see the garden this day lol.

An old azulejo tile design in the street.

Good night Lisbon!  Thanks for another great day!!

O Castelo de São Jorge e Mais!

This afternoon we piled ourselves into a taxi and set off for the Castle of São Jorge, perched up on a hill overlooking Libon.  We winded up and up and up through historic, narrow streets and in and out of the path of the streetcars until we finally arrived.  It was very windy up top, but what a sight!

Oi gente!!  We made it to the top!

The castle grounds were beautiful, with olive trees all around.

We lingered over these amazing views of Lisbon and the Tagus River.

Happy fam!

It was so pleasant meandering through the grounds.

 What's a lion say, Kylie?  RAWR!

LOL.

Baby cannoneer?

Approaching the castle entrance.

There was a guy sitting in here playing guitar.  It was the perfect setting.

Say queijo!

The sprawling castle interior.

The view from the other side.

This could be an ad for the baby backpack, right??  Walking around up in the castle's ramparts (that's right, special castle words!) was a bit scary.  The railing, when present, came up to one's knees.  Babes needed to go in the backpack, much to her chagrin.  ("Wah-k, wah-k, wah-k, *cry*).

Afternoon shadows in the courtyard.

On our way out of the castle we encountered two cats (Mao!), some peahens and this peacock with his plumage on full display.  He was so cool, I had never seen that before!  And don't you dare consider going into that cafe.  That guy is serious.

After the castle we decided to walk back to our apartment.  The journey took us past this church, Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa, or the Cathedral of St. Mary Major of Lisbon.  We were super excited to find it open to visitors!

 The beautiful stained glass illuminated by the afternoon sun.

We walked through more churches,  past streetcars and old buildings, in and out of stores, including one I spotted from the taxi earlier and managed to find on my own (hell yes!).  It had the most beautiful ceramics in the window, I am so glad we found it again!  Afterwards, everyone needed a break.  We found this cute street cafe and enjoyed some cerveja e batatas fritas.

Industrious baby.  Everything, including french fries, is better when served out of a tiny box, right?  #cafelife