Lisbon and Sintra
Kyle and John
This was the last full day of our trip and it went a little like this: We woke up, a few of us went to the weight room, ate breakfast and hopped on the bus for our panoramic tour of Lisbon. First stop was St. Geogres Castle which was preceded by a herculean march up one of Lisbon's 9 hills. The castle was originally built in the 16th century though was used as a site for military fortifications in following centuries. Our next stop was to the Jeronimos Monastery along the Tejo River. We only stopped for a short time but long enough to enjoy the architecture. Our thirst top was even short and was to watch a tower along the river. Then came lunch which was the best lunch. The Time Out market is home to dozens of different restaurants with foods from just about everywhere you can think of. It had sushi, burgers and Portuguese food as far as the eyes could see.. The last stop we made was the village of Sintra to see the summer palace which had more animals on the ceiling then you would expect and had lots and lots of tiles. One of the coolest features of the palace was the kitchen with two of the largest chimney's we've ever seen. We ended the day with dinner at one last fantastic restaurant where we watched Chile defeated by Germany in the FIFA qualifiers. It was probably our busiest day on this trip, but was just as great as all of the other days
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This was the last full day of our trip and it went a little like this: We woke up, a few of us went to the weight room, ate breakfast and hopped on the bus for our panoramic tour of Lisbon. First stop was St. Geogres Castle which was preceded by a herculean march up one of Lisbon's 9 hills. The castle was originally built in the 16th century though was used as a site for military fortifications in following centuries. Our next stop was to the Jeronimos Monastery along the Tejo River. We only stopped for a short time but long enough to enjoy the architecture. Our thirst top was even short and was to watch a tower along the river. Then came lunch which was the best lunch. The Time Out market is home to dozens of different restaurants with foods from just about everywhere you can think of. It had sushi, burgers and Portuguese food as far as the eyes could see.. The last stop we made was the village of Sintra to see the summer palace which had more animals on the ceiling then you would expect and had lots and lots of tiles. One of the coolest features of the palace was the kitchen with two of the largest chimney's we've ever seen. We ended the day with dinner at one last fantastic restaurant where we watched Chile defeated by Germany in the FIFA qualifiers. It was probably our busiest day on this trip, but was just as great as all of the other days
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