Last night I signed up to take a day trip to Sintra. Sintra is a suburb of Lisbon and it is home to the Pena Palace, which is the Portuguese Royal Palace, and the Regaleira, which is an over the top private castle that a very wealthy Portuguese businessman built in the early 1900s.
When I got to the meetup point there were three buses and I was afraid this was going to be a bus tour. Instead they assigned six of us, me and five twenty somethings, to our own little group.
Our first stop was the Regaleira.
A wealthy Portuguese businessman, Antonio, took 20 years to build this castle and the surrounding 4 acres of gardens. He built it so he could entertain royalty from all over Europe.
After we toured the grounds and the castle we took a lunch break.
Next on the agenda was Pena Palace.
It was so much fun spending the day with these young people. They were so open and welcoming and I had a really great day.
That’s it from Lisbon. I hope you had a wonderful day wherever you’re are.
Tomorrow I take the train back to Porto. I fly back to Denver on Saturday.
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