Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

The forecast was calling for rain so we thought it would be a good chance to drive around and see some different sights. We still needed to find Madeline a jacket, apparently she outgrew hers from last year! Since we had the car we drove out to Primark to find a coat. We found a super sweet one, Nora had a ridiculous meltdown, I got a mall headache, we grabbed some lunch and hit the road.

We had big ambitions of seeing four or five places that we had plotted out in a nice little loop. We made it to two.

The first stop was the Palace of Queluz. It was surprisingly right beside the highway so made for an easy pit stop. We wandered around the blue palace, got shooed away from the armoury and piled back into the car.

Next stop was the seaside town of Cascais. It’s a little resort town about 25km west of Lisbon. The little windy stoned streets are dreamy with their little cafes, restaurants, wine bars and shops. It’s easy to see why this is a popular getaway.

We left the little side streets to head down towards the water promenade. We didn’t get much of a tour in since there was a free bouncy castle set up with only about 5 other kids playing. The kids got the most out of the private bouncy castle before we got rained out and headed home.