Because jumping while traveling is awesome!
So the annual holidays had finally came !! After the Trans-Siberian trip the previous year, this year’s idea was to go West avoiding the plane as much as possible.
It started with a Transatlantic trip from Barcelona to Miami on board the Norwegian Epic ship, a brand new and huge ship, the 3rd biggest in the world.
First stop of the journey: Ponta Delgada for the Portuguese Azores Islands !
Jumping in Belèm (Lisbon’s neighborhood). Belèm is mostly famous for it’s Pastéis de Belém (local version of the Pastéis de Nata), some delicious egg-based tarts.
Sintra is a little village outside Lisbon, facing the Atlantic, and now part of UNESCO World Heritage. At the top of the hill, lies the Pena National Palace. This 19th century palace, offering outstanding views of the surroundings, is what could be a palace out from a Disney movie with many colors, towers and mix between different styles across centuries (from middle age castles, to renaissance palaces and Moorish architecture).
Portugal had been missing on my list for way too long. Hence I was very much looking forward to spending 4 days in Lisbon. And it was truly wonderful!
Lisbon is a gorgeous city. It spreads on 7 hills and overlooks the Tage River and the Atlantic. The weather was just perfect, so was the food and the general relaxed-mood. And, what’s more, we realized that we arrived just for the Festas de Lisboa, also know as the weekend-long sardin BBQ party.
