Weekend in Portugal

We woke up in majestic Sintra and walked to the downtown to a breakfast place called "Fábrica de Nata" and ate some delicious pasteles de nata, a famous Portuguese egg custard tart pastry.

Then we continued to our 10am ticket into the Quinta da Regaliera where we saw the historic ruins of castles, bridges, nature trails, and lookout points. Sintra is fairly small so we felt like we got to experience its charm, so after a quick lunch at Lawrence's Restaurant (close to the Quinta and delicious sandwhiches) we Ubered to the Sitio de Nazaré.

It was cool because there is a little museum of the famous surfers of Nazaré and the geographical format of the ground under the waves. We got to learn the science behind it all and see the beauty of it all. It was about a two hour Uber, so not bad split between three girls, and we got to experience the breathtaking surf waves first hand.

We stayed and watched the sunset on the beach and then had dinner at PortoBello restaurant, where I ate the most amazing shrimp in garlic sauce with salad and potatoes. After dinner we Ubered back to our Airbnb in Sintra; however, just a warning, it is extremely difficult and expensive to Uber from the sitio de Nazaré to other places, so we first got a taxi to a nearby town that was bigger so that the Uber could get us there.

Our last day, Sunday, we went back to Fabrica da Nata in Sintra and Ubered back to Lisbon from there. My flight was late in the day and so I got to explore the sites of Lisbon. I went vintage shopping at a few different places, then had lunch at Green Café where I had a delicious poke bowl. Getting to the airport was fairly easy-- I just Ubered about a half an hour there from my friend's apartment.