Porto-Lisbon trip 2

Hello again! I'd like to continue with the second part of my trip. 

After a 3-hour train ride, I was in Lisbon, ready to search for my hostel and then meet one of my friends from Illescas, Esteban. He had already been there for days and explored the city, so he was going to be my guide! Well, we found out we were going to be in Lisbon at the same time like a week before the trip :) It was a nice coincidence

No need to say that I practiced Spanish a lot! thanks to him

On my first day, we wandered around and looked for a place to view the whole city at sunset and got lost a lot haha

the very first photo in Lisbon

the streets were decorated for some fiesta

no idea what this is! something religious:P

one of the "miradores"

The next day, I attended this free walking tour that I found very boring because of our historian guide (sorry not sorry) And then met Esteban to go to Belem. You need to take either train or tram, there's no metro line that takes you there. I liked the idea of (a lovely and old) tram ride, anyway! This part of the city was so quiet, and cold. But definitely worth seeing. Once you sit in front of the Belem Tower and watch the sunset with the cool summer breeze on your face, you forget you're tired or hungry or you've got 99 problems like everyone else:p

they are called pastel de nata portuguesa. so yummy! not so sweet, not so creamy. meant for me:)

i really wanted to visit this museum but we were late:( 

officially we have lovelocks in 3 different countries now! :)

such a luxury! these people all in white were dining right in front of the Belem Tower. can't express my jealousy level -_- 

and the tower of Belem

I spent my last day at Sintra, with my lovely Brazilian friend, Thais whom I met at the hostel. Before she asked me if I would join her or not, I had no idea about this beautiful place (quite ignorant, eh?). I'm glad that I've seen it before leaving Lisbon. It's very very far from the centre and once you get there you need to take a bus to reach the park and the palace. I wasn't expecting to see a big tourist population but apparently it's a popular spot (which is cold and far as hell). 

On our way back, tiredness haunted our young bodies:p So, I returned to the hostel just to grab my bag and without wasting time headed to Porto to take my flight. 

Pena Palace

paradise

Although I liked Porto better, I think it's not fair to compare those two to each other. They're both lovely in their own way. Just pay a visit and you decide!