2012 - OCEAN PRINCESS - LISBON

LISBON

I WAS HERE ONCE BEFORE & TOOK THE TOUR TO SINTRA. I THOUGHT THERE WAS MORE TO IT THAN I HAD SEEN SO I AM GOING TO REPEAT & GO BACK TO TO SEE WHAT I MISSED.

IN THE EVENT, IT LOOKS LIKE I SAW MOST OF IT THE FIRST TIME ALTHOUGH I HAVE STILL NOT BEEN INSIDE ANY OF THE FAIRYTALE-LIKE BUILDINGS.

THE ENTRY INTO LISBON IS VERY NICE.

UNDER THIS BRIDGE WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A COPY OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER IN RIO ON THE FAR SHORE.

SINTRA IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY.
IN THE HILLS BEYOND LISBON & HAS THESE WONDERFUL LOOKING BUILDINGS...

THERE IS A CASTLE ON THE HILL BUT WE DID NOT GO UP THERE.

SANDY - PHONING HOME MAYBE...

A GAS PUMP DELIVERING - GINJA!

WHATEVER THAT IS, I DID NOT TRY IT.

BUT SHOULD HAVE..

THE DRIVE BACK TO LISBON PASSES A LOT OF GREAT LOOKING BEACHES....

THESE PHOTOS ARE IN THE PRETTY LITTLE TOWN OF CASCAIS WHERE SANDY & I HAD A BEER OR TWO IN A RESTAURANT WHICH MAY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT SERVED US ANYWAY.

NEARBY THE GRAFFITI IS IN ENGLISH & HAS THIS OPTICAL DELUSIONAL FLOOR...

MORE BEACHES....

NICE ER.... BRIDGE....

AND THAT’S IT FOR PORTUGAL.

GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE CRUISE NOW. ONLY TWO MORE STOPS TO GO.

AND I MAY HAVE JUST REMEMBERED THE BARONESSES NAME - MARIKA.

A VERY STRANGE LADY INDEED.

BY THIS TIME SHE WOULD HAVE LEFT OUR DINNER TABLE.

THE BBC GUY TOO.

I WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND.
TOO MUCH LATE DINING IS NOT FOR ME. WE WERE CHATTING SO MUCH, DINNER WAS RARELY DONE BY 9:00 AND MORE OFTEN CLOSE TO TEN -
INDIGESTION TIME.