For Fall Break, Nan, LaLa, Mom and I went on our first trip to Portugal. We went to the city of Lisbon where Mom booked us about two tours a day so we could see a lot of different things.
The first day, we all went on a private tour with a guide who took us around the city of Lisbon and told us all about the history of the different sections and then he took us for some good Portuguese food for lunch. At the end of the day, Nanny and LaLa were flirting with him and wanted him to come to dinner with us, but he called his boss and they said he had to go and do another tour. It was pretty late, so I dont know if I believed him, I think maybe he was afraid of taking both Nan and LaLa on at the same time. The next morning, Nan and LaLa went to Fatima with a guide on their own for the day and Mom and I went on a great Segway and food tasting tour. It was really fun to ride on the segway through the streets of Lisbon, but it was even more fun watching this older man and woman try to ride because they thought they were good riders and said they had ridden in other cities but the woman crashed into a pole and fell off before we even turned the first corner. The man hit his wheel on a pole later in the tour and then he crashed and fell off. Then we had to stop and one of the shop owners on the side of the road even brought out a stool for him to sit on because he was shaken up. But then he got back on and off we went. Mom and I didnt have any problem at all.
The next day we all went on a Knights of the Templars Tour togther and it was cool because we got to see some amazing castles and go inside them and climb to the tops of them. The tour guide told us about the history of the castles and how they used them to defend the land. The next day, we let Nan and LaLa recover in the morning and then in the afternoon we went on a half day tour to see Sintra and Pena Palace. The palace was huge and it was built in different sections and we got to hear about why the different sections were built and we also saw how they even built the entrance to one section to look like it was a real castle entrance and not a palace entrance to try to deter attackers from trying to enter.
Nights of Templar:
Gardens:
After that we did one of the best tours which was called a dolphin watching tour and we saw SO many dolphins!! The people who ran the tour even knew them all and had names for them and knew who the families were and who the babies were and were able to help point them out to us. They swam right up by the boat as we were driving along and we were allowed to climb right out there by the edge, not like in the US where they would have been yelling at you to stay in the boat and sit down.
My Favorite Dish: Steak and Eggs
The last tour we did was in this little vehicle that was called a Tuk-Tuk and the tour guide lady told us about the city and some of the sights that we hadn't seen yet. It was a tiny little bus/scooter like thing that we all could fit in.
