so it appears i really dropped the ball with my portugal report, sorry mocat and anyone else that was interested but i had a really busy fall/early winter
day 2
checking out cabo de roca and sintra via bus and foot
took a bus up the estoril coast to cabo de roca, the westernmost piece of land in continental europe, man was it pretty, almost sheer cliffs and big ol' waves crashing
from there, into the mountains to sintra. sintra is extremely touristy with tons of palaces, castles and historical sites. the shopping district is basically hung on a mountainside
the castelo dos mouros, or castle of the moors
that last picture was from atop the castle, and looking up even further to the next stop, the palacio nacional de pena, or pena national palace
dead ass tired waiting for the bus to pick us up, this cobblestone was everywhere