Again, I found the station and platform like NO WORRIES

I'll tolerate a top bunk if I get a view, cya Lisbon

Honey is in sport mode as it's lost ziplock privileges, it was in high demand

That painter did the ceilings, they are paint not wood can you even STAND THAT

Borrowers theme throughout the guesthouse SO PRECIOUS

Brace yourself for Sintra

May 5, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

Overnight camp time! I'm catching a 40 minute train to Sintra, a UNESCO listed town in a national park that was a little royal playground back in the day. WOOF. It's a popular day trip from Lisbon but I'm staying in a vintage guesthouse private room I quite generously booked myself many moons ago and forgot about. Pleasantly surprised was an understatement.

As I was being shown around the woman told me the house was originally owned by a painter that worked on the Pena Palace, then a dentist who worked and lived in the house with his family of six. My room used to be one of the administrative offices, and the woman used to come here as a girl for her dentist visits!Read more