Finally made it to Spain this morning, after a very looong, night train..without going into details, Ill just say Im happy to be here! haha..stories for another time.
Starr's got some friends here In Madrid now who are putting us up in their home..its like a 5 star hotel and then some..these guys are amazing..so incredibly generous and theyre taking us out everywhere and around, doing our laundry..cooking..everything! haha..its a nice change to stay in a home for sure. Hostels have been SO much fun though too, mainly just meeting so many ppl from all over, i love it! Our last one in Lisboa, Portugal was SO great. We stayed a little longer than planned cause it was goodtimes and every day was so packed with stuff its hard to backtrack on it all. One day we did a day trip to Sintra, which is a town 45 mins out of Lisboa, and its the cutest little place Ive ever seen! for real..and so gorgeous! Portugal was nothing but sunshine, Id call it the european tropics.. lots of palm trees, waterfalls, lush green everything, but its got castles and little caves and stuff in the mix too, cobblestone streets that have artwork built into them. Its just got so much character. They also have these little Piriquita pastry shops all over that their famous for.. and seriously they are irresistable! haha I have had my share of them..it kind of fills the gap for the lack of cheesecake! (pretty sure this is the longest ive gone without it, and yeah, its been like a month!.. starr and steph are making me wait till valentines when we're goin out and doing it all up...and they promised me cheesecake.. so im holding out! lol) And, the best thing of all, shopping!.. its SO cheap there. so dirt cheap. I ditched my towel and a few other things to make room in my pack for some new clothes! YAY..Its hard to leave each place we go, but then the next is always just as good, but in a completely different way. A few of the guys we met in Lisboa, we are hookin' up with again next week in Barcelona, where theyre going to school, so im lookin forward to it! We cooked them a fancy little dinner and bought roses and everything for them one night. we ate with chop sticks..it was so much fun..and it kind of came up from a joke we had going i guess..
After Lisboa we went to Porto for 2 nights. Clare, another girl we met in Lisboa decided to come along with us, and let me tell ya the four of us spent some quality goodtimes! Portos also got a lot to offer. second biggest city in Portugal. We did a river tour of the city on this sweet boat, and also a tour of the Croft Winery, where they Produce 'Port'... which was interesting although not so much to me, ha, since i hate even the smell of wine..sick! Anyway...ill get outta here now. this is getting too long... but check these pics out...Its Lisboa, Sintra and Porto.. PORTUGAL!
Starr's got some friends here In Madrid now who are putting us up in their home..its like a 5 star hotel and then some..these guys are amazing..so incredibly generous and theyre taking us out everywhere and around, doing our laundry..cooking..everything! haha..its a nice change to stay in a home for sure. Hostels have been SO much fun though too, mainly just meeting so many ppl from all over, i love it! Our last one in Lisboa, Portugal was SO great. We stayed a little longer than planned cause it was goodtimes and every day was so packed with stuff its hard to backtrack on it all. One day we did a day trip to Sintra, which is a town 45 mins out of Lisboa, and its the cutest little place Ive ever seen! for real..and so gorgeous! Portugal was nothing but sunshine, Id call it the european tropics.. lots of palm trees, waterfalls, lush green everything, but its got castles and little caves and stuff in the mix too, cobblestone streets that have artwork built into them. Its just got so much character. They also have these little Piriquita pastry shops all over that their famous for.. and seriously they are irresistable! haha I have had my share of them..it kind of fills the gap for the lack of cheesecake! (pretty sure this is the longest ive gone without it, and yeah, its been like a month!.. starr and steph are making me wait till valentines when we're goin out and doing it all up...and they promised me cheesecake.. so im holding out! lol) And, the best thing of all, shopping!.. its SO cheap there. so dirt cheap. I ditched my towel and a few other things to make room in my pack for some new clothes! YAY..Its hard to leave each place we go, but then the next is always just as good, but in a completely different way. A few of the guys we met in Lisboa, we are hookin' up with again next week in Barcelona, where theyre going to school, so im lookin forward to it! We cooked them a fancy little dinner and bought roses and everything for them one night. we ate with chop sticks..it was so much fun..and it kind of came up from a joke we had going i guess..
After Lisboa we went to Porto for 2 nights. Clare, another girl we met in Lisboa decided to come along with us, and let me tell ya the four of us spent some quality goodtimes! Portos also got a lot to offer. second biggest city in Portugal. We did a river tour of the city on this sweet boat, and also a tour of the Croft Winery, where they Produce 'Port'... which was interesting although not so much to me, ha, since i hate even the smell of wine..sick! Anyway...ill get outta here now. this is getting too long... but check these pics out...Its Lisboa, Sintra and Porto.. PORTUGAL!
1 comment:
3 CHEERS FOR CHEAP SHOPPING!!! Oh wow, what a great time you ladies had in Portugal it sounds. The picture of the pastry looks really good too, desserts have always been my weakness! You really have some nice pics there Sheri-Lee, yes europe is definitely full of character and architectural diversity. That was so sweet of you ladies making dinner and such for the guys -- and you'll be meeting up with them again too, that is really cool! Just don't fall *too* hard for them, remember, there are guys at home that like you too ;) LOL! Until your next blog, have fun in Spain! ~Neil
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