2009 - NCL GEM - TRANSATLANTIC - AZORES & LISBON

THE ISLANDS OF THE AZORES - MID ATLANTIC

IT WILL BE NICE TO JUST GET OFF THE BOAT HERE, GO FOR A WALK AND STRETCH MY LEGS. MAYBE GET A HAIRCUT.

LISBON

ANOTHER DAY AT SEA AND WE REACH EUROPE.

LISBON IN PORTUGAL.

I GUESS WERE ALREADY IN PORTUGAL WHEN WE WERE IN THE AZORES BUT NOW WE ARE REALLY IN PORTUGAL, PORTUGAL.

WHAT A STRANGE LOOKING VESSEL...

TODAY I AM ON A TOUR TO THE MOST WESTERN POINT OF MAINLAND EUROPE, AND A VISIT TO THE TOWN OF SINTRA. THEN I WILL WANDER INTO LISBON ON MY OWN.

HERE WE GO,..

WE MAKE AN UNEXPECTED STOP IN THESE WOODS WHERE THIS LADY IN THE MONKS COWL
WELCOMES US WITH FOOD AND DRINK.

NOT YOUR NORMAL TOUR FARE.

SINTRA NOW....

NOW LISBON AND MAKING MY WAY UP TO THE CASTLE....

A NICE COURTYARD ON THE WAY...

TIME FOR A PEE. AH, JUST IN TIME.