A damp day here today, but an interesting one. We got up late after a wonderful sleep, had breakfast in our apartment, and ventured up the hill towards the castle. On the way we stopped to tour the Sao Vicente church and monastery/museum, which was fascinating, with lots of decorative tiles depicting the city's history as well as the La Fontaine fables written in the last part of the 17th century. The church itself was rather spare, but has lovely Roman arches and a huge cistern under the monastery. When we came out we found a small restaurant, Vicentinho, featuring Bacalhau, a traditional Portuguese cod dish, with shredded potato and onion. We all ordered it, and enjoyed it lots, with a small salad. Cheap and delicious eats.
It had started to drizzle in earnest by the time we finished, and we thought we were on our way to the Castelo Sao Jorge, but once we realized how far away it was we strolled back to the square where we'd seen trams and decided to take a short tour. We likely paid a bit too much, but the tram was warm and dry, and dropped us off near our apartment.
We've had a light supper here, and are looking forward to tomorrow's adventure with Rita, our host's niece, who picked us up at the airport yesterday. She will take us on a tour of castles in Sintra, about 30 minutes away.
Until then........
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