Category: Parts Unknown
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Oceanarium
We had been saving the oceanarium for our last day in Lisbon since the forecast wasn’t looking great, we knew the kids would be tired and an aquarium is always a hit. Lisbon’s oceanarium is supposedly the biggest aquarium in Europe. I wouldn’t say it’s the best aquarium we have…
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Nazaré
We had been keeping an eye on the wave report for Nazaré all week in hopes of seeing some of the monster waves it’s famous for. Tuesday had the most promising forecast at 10m. The waves were supposed to increase throughout the day so we spent the morning at home…
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TukTuks and Alfama
The kids were understandably exhausted the day after they hiked 10km up and down incredibly steep hills so we were pretty slow to get going the next day. We had been wanting to check out the Time Out market which was just down the street and tour around Alfama, the…
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Sintra
About 40 minutes outside of Lisbon is a little village called Sintra. It’s set way up in the hills, which says a lot since everything is a hill. It was once considered the summer retreat for Lisbon’s elite. It now boasts a village of preserved real life castles and manors…
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Blue and bouncy castles
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…
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Jardim da Estrala
If you look up best playground in Lisbon the Jardim da Estrala makes almost every list. The playground itself is set inside a nice little garden that has you feeling completely removed from a city. We took the very popular 28E tram from basically right outside our door to the…
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5km in 5h
We drove from Madrid to Lisbon yesterday so we had a fairly uneventful day. The drive went pretty smoothly – we stopped for lunch at a “diner” on the side of the highway. Apparently my Spanish is only fair since I ended up ordering two chicken breasts on a baguette…
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Madrid
After a long day of travel (8+ hour layover in Toronto 😐) we made it to Madrid. We made it through all the boring, time consuming necessities – got our car, set up our phones and headed to our hotel. Since we are only in the city two nights we…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 