More in and around Lisboa

Yesterday we took the train to Cascáis, a smaller beach town on the outlet of the Atlantic coast. The public transportation system is very reasonably priced.  Once again, only 5E return for 40 minute trip one way.  

The photo below was taken in the Cais Sodré station.  Most of the trains have been tagged as well as many of the stations walls and the walls and buildings along the way.  I’m trying to understand if this is an accepted activity or there is a lack of resources to prevent it or police it?   There are an abundance police on the streets. we did see some workers scraping paint from glass panels in one on the stations.

We thought that this wall art was kind of cute.  

We were very impressed with Cascáis.  It has a very different feel than the city.   Much cleaner and more affluent.  Nice beaches, walkways and bicycle paths.  We spend the afternoon walking along the coastal paths and had a fabulous lunch at a restaurant overlooking the main beach.  

 All of these photo were taken in Cascáis or along the coastal walk.   

The main beach 

A panorama of the main beach

This view is looking west along the coast a few kilometres west of town

Another beach in town

A scenic inlet with light house. 

It was not crowded. Albeit, it is still February and the high temperature was about 18c. I imagine that it is very busy in the high season.  We both thought that this would be a nice place to stay for an extended time period, late February and into March.  We will put it on the list.

Today we discovered that the week long “Carnival “ celebrations are starting.  Tomorrow we are flying to Madeira and staying in the capital city of Funchal.  Apparently Funchal hosts one of the largest Carnival parades outside of Rio. Luckily our flight arrives a few hours before the parade begins, so hopefully we can get to our apartment and rest up for the late night festivities.  

At this moment I am sitting on the sea wall, soaking up some sun. It is about 22c this afternoon but feels much hotter here.  Time to fine some shade.  

We have moved to the shade in a park across the street, sipping on the can of cider that we carried in our back pack. I have to say that Lisbon has grown on us in the last week. It has been a very enjoyable visit.