Continuation of my Portugal trip.
Day 4
Next day we set off for a day trip to Sintra. From what I read online it is meant to look like it came straight out of a fairytale. It was quite simple getting there as we just had to get a train and then a bus. All in all just follow the tourists.
No photos from Sintra as it was pretty. But just very green in general. So taking photos using my phone wouldn't have done it any justice.
After that we decided to head towards to westernmost point of Europe. Just one bus ride away (bus 403) from Sintra. They only run once every hour so we just sat in a cafe opposite the bus stop to kill time as we were too tired to do any more exploring. I swear that's when you know you're growing old.
Beautiful scenery. The weather on the other hand. So windy. We were totally not prepared for it.
Also saw this couple taking their wedding photos there. From Hong Kong I'm guessing as their photographer was speaking in Cantonese. Honestly I pitied the bride as she just had to grin and bear the biting wind. The moment a picture was done the groom would pass her a jacket. All that suffering for some photos. Beautiful things always come at a cost.
Nothing to actually do there so we took the next bus out to Cascais. Did some snack shopping there for out long train ride the next day to Faro. There was also this other group of Singaporea/Malaysians there who we didn't really speak to at all. The funny thing is that the 'kepoh' in us really wanted to and we could sort of tell that they wanted to talk to us as well as we took the same train back to Lisbon. Even walked the same way after we got to Lisbon, but none of us did. So our nosiness isn't that strong. Haha.
Day 5
Leaving Lisbon to Faro. Got to the train station quite early so we played this new card game called Fluxx which was quite fun but ended too early. And then we just went back to Famajoe cause we are all that competitive that we wanted to be the overall winner.
The weather in Faro was not what we signed up for as we wanted to get some sun and sea. What we got instead was really strong wind. The others wanted to do some sort of water activity and while I was at first reluctant, I got peer pressured into going kayaking with them the next day.
Kayaking was sort of fun. Easy for me to say cause I didn't actually have to pull my full weight in kayaking anywhere as my partner is an experienced kayaker who knew what he was doing. Thanks Justy! (If you're reading this). Andrew and Sonia fared quite well as well. Ashley and Cassie as two girls on the other, found it more difficult. So the lesson learnt is that always have a guy in the kayak. Got to lay about in an abandoned beach for a while which was good. However, we all got SUNBURNT! Basically the area between our knee and our ankle cause that was most exposed to the sun and also the salt water which did not make things any better. All our showers later that day were a painful affair.
That pretty much sums up the Portugal trip. Came back to tanned that my foundation didn't match me any more. And neither did the BB cream that is suppose to be two shades too dark.
Day 4
Next day we set off for a day trip to Sintra. From what I read online it is meant to look like it came straight out of a fairytale. It was quite simple getting there as we just had to get a train and then a bus. All in all just follow the tourists.
No photos from Sintra as it was pretty. But just very green in general. So taking photos using my phone wouldn't have done it any justice.
After that we decided to head towards to westernmost point of Europe. Just one bus ride away (bus 403) from Sintra. They only run once every hour so we just sat in a cafe opposite the bus stop to kill time as we were too tired to do any more exploring. I swear that's when you know you're growing old.
Beautiful scenery. The weather on the other hand. So windy. We were totally not prepared for it.
Also saw this couple taking their wedding photos there. From Hong Kong I'm guessing as their photographer was speaking in Cantonese. Honestly I pitied the bride as she just had to grin and bear the biting wind. The moment a picture was done the groom would pass her a jacket. All that suffering for some photos. Beautiful things always come at a cost.
Nothing to actually do there so we took the next bus out to Cascais. Did some snack shopping there for out long train ride the next day to Faro. There was also this other group of Singaporea/Malaysians there who we didn't really speak to at all. The funny thing is that the 'kepoh' in us really wanted to and we could sort of tell that they wanted to talk to us as well as we took the same train back to Lisbon. Even walked the same way after we got to Lisbon, but none of us did. So our nosiness isn't that strong. Haha.
Day 5
Leaving Lisbon to Faro. Got to the train station quite early so we played this new card game called Fluxx which was quite fun but ended too early. And then we just went back to Famajoe cause we are all that competitive that we wanted to be the overall winner.
The weather in Faro was not what we signed up for as we wanted to get some sun and sea. What we got instead was really strong wind. The others wanted to do some sort of water activity and while I was at first reluctant, I got peer pressured into going kayaking with them the next day.
Kayaking was sort of fun. Easy for me to say cause I didn't actually have to pull my full weight in kayaking anywhere as my partner is an experienced kayaker who knew what he was doing. Thanks Justy! (If you're reading this). Andrew and Sonia fared quite well as well. Ashley and Cassie as two girls on the other, found it more difficult. So the lesson learnt is that always have a guy in the kayak. Got to lay about in an abandoned beach for a while which was good. However, we all got SUNBURNT! Basically the area between our knee and our ankle cause that was most exposed to the sun and also the salt water which did not make things any better. All our showers later that day were a painful affair.
That pretty much sums up the Portugal trip. Came back to tanned that my foundation didn't match me any more. And neither did the BB cream that is suppose to be two shades too dark.
