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The Cabo da Roca lighthouse.09:49:02
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Chie and Erika (who has decided to blow a bubble here) with the lighthouse in the background.09:50:14
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The atlantic below.09:52:24
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Erika still blowing bubbles.09:53:24
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The lighthouse atop the cliff.10:06:12
Took a picture of the bus timetable for later reference.10:09:34
I had a quick espresso in the cafe here.10:13:27
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The girls looking out to the Atlantic.10:19:10
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I think these are the only shots we got of the whole group during the holiday, kindly taken by a passing tourist.
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On the bus to Sintra now. A slightly hair raising drive at times!11:45:33
In Sintra now, heading from the station into the historic centre.11:45:41
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In the historic centre of Sintra.11:57:50
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The place where we had lunch.
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Approaching the Quinta da Regaleira.13:44:53
In the gardens of the Quinta da Regaleira.13:55:49
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The famous well in the Quinta da Regaleira.
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At the bottom of the well is a tunnel...14:14:50
...which leads out to a waterfall and these stepping stones.
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The waterfall.14:17:44
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Yukari, Leon and Aiko on the stepping stones.14:17:54
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Amazingly, while wandering through the gardens, we bumped into out friends from London - we had no idea they were in Portugal! Erika was at nursery with the girl here, and that's her brother on the right hand side.14:25:17
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Back into the caves...14:48:22
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Had a nice break in the al fresco cafe.15:24:22
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One last view of the Quinta da Regaleira before we had our epic journey to travel less than a mile to the Castelo dos Mouros...16:53:23
Entering the grounds of the Castelo dos Mouros now, finally.16:58:38
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All very impressive, but I was getting tired (as I'm sure the others were as well) and it was such an effort to get here I wished we'd just called it a day after the Quinta da Regaleira.
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Sprawling views from the castle.17:02:28
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Looking back down to the Quinta da Regaleira where we were earlier.17:02:44
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After another long taxi journey we were back in Lisbon, and Leon suggested we stop off at this rooftop bar to try and catch a bit of the sunset.18:21:45
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Unfortunately it started raining so we had to head inside...18:52:18
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The pizza place I chose for dinner, mainly based on location - I'd just given up trying to find a decent vegetarian option in a Portuguese restaurant by this point.20:15:59
The pizza was not great, but I liked this beer serving device.
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Later on, Leon and I ventured out to explore some of Lisbon's bars. This is the very subtle entrance to Procopio.22:22:56
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Now in our third bar (neglected to take any photos in the second) - the Pavilhao Chines. Walls lined with cabinets full of collectibles, mostly toys.00:09:02
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Could be in a pub here.00:58:20
