Palácio da Pena part 3: beautiful gardens
The gardens and greens around the palace are just as stunning as the palace itself. We were quite early in the season (late April) so most of the flowers were […]
Palácio da Pena part 2: a glimpse of the past
There is heaps to explore at the Pena Palace. As if the outside wasn’t fascinating enough, the inside was pretty amazing as well. Beautiful tiles, ornate arched ceilings, lusciously decorated […]
Palácio da Pena part 1: a fascinating place
We had about a week in Portugal, so we figured we’d have plenty of time to explore a bit of the area outside the big city as well. We’d both heard great […]
Straight out of Narnia
Maybe not the absolute perfectly sharp photo, but I love the composition with the lamp post and the trees behind it. It reminds me of the first Narnia movie, when they first enter Narnia […]
Just a few daisies
As we were walking from the Torre de Belém to the Monasteiro dos Jerónimos, we walked across a grass field with heaps of these cute and brightly coloured Spanish daisies. So […]
Mosteiro do Jerónimos
In the afternoon of our second day in Lisbon, we decided to visit the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery)…and it was amazing! Think beautiful hallways with luscious ornate columns, central courtyard, […]
Rolling in the deep
On that same first day in Lisbon, when we went to Belém, the weather was rather overcast. It cleared up beautifully later in the day, but at first it looked […]
