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
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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
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the castelo dos mouros, or castle of the moors
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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
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dead ass tired waiting for the bus to pick us up, this cobblestone was everywhere
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