Sintra in tourist mode

Palácio da Pena, Castelo dos Mouros, Palácio Nacional de Sintra, Quinta da Regaleira, Palácio de Monserrate, Palácio de Seteais, the tram to praia das Maçãs, a walk through the Serra de Sintra… today Sintra (town) is the princess in my fairy tale. I am staying here (in tourist mode)!

I wander through the Jardim da Liberdade and the Municipal woods. Trees, birds and a blue sky keep me company and guide me to the town centre that is waiting for me. I drift around the streets and lanes packed with tourists and souvenir shops. A postcard here a postcard there... I pop into some shops and exchange a couple of words with the people. The houses are all different colours: Pink, yellow, blue, white and make me dream!

The sun crosses the sky and the hours tick by.

Music hangs in the air. One, two, three, four songs… I lose count!

I nibble a 'travesseiro' to the sound of Caetano Veloso songs.

I'd stay in this land of princesses and castles, but… Lisbon is waiting for me.

Sintra. 17:40. One door opens as another closes. There is a seat.

The view out of the window absorbs my mind. The stories, the castles, the princesses live on in the town. Sintra relaxes under a huge, intense moon.

My journey is ending…

“Next stop: Roma-Areeiro.”

See the photographs of the trip to Sintra here.