Lisbon Portugal

April 25th Lisbon Portugal
We spent a great day in Portugal today. We traveled up Tagus River into a beautiful sunrise. Getting from the port to the main square in Lisbon was a bit of a hassle. The buses were late getting to the ports, and no one was around to guide us.
Once we arrived at the main square we walked to the train station. It was a nice morning for a walk. We bought tickets for the train to Sintra. The train left on time and about 4o minutes we arrived at the mountain top town of Sintra. We then caught the local bus in Sintra and started exploring this incredible little town. I think it is one of the most beautiful places I have seen. Very narrow winding roads made out of cobblestones that traveled through a forested mountain sides.
This area has 3 palaces. We stopped at the Moorish castle, but it started to rain a bit. We caught the next bus up to the Penna Castle. This is a fairytale type castle. Very colorful and hard to describe. You will have to wait to see the pictures. We toured the park and the inside or the castle.
We took a roller coaster bus ride back down to the train station and headed back to Lisbon. Once there we walked around until we found a more “authentic” Portuguese restaurant. We found one!!!! We had an appetizer of shrimp cake. This was like a pureed shrimp turnover. We both had the seafood rice which was just out of this world. For the amount of food and quality it was a very cheap meal.
We could not find the bus to take use back to the ship so we hired a cab. It was only €5,05 so it was not bad. We fell asleep for about an hour and then headed up to the spa.
Dinner tonight was at the Grand Pacific dining room. I broke some rules tonight and had the roast leg of veal. There was also a cold watercress fennel soup; it was kind of unusual tasting but good.
Well once again it is late and we need to change the clock ahead for the last time. So off to bed I go.