I'm so excited to finally be here!
Portugal is awesome in the summer! Great beaches! and the boardwalk (called the Pardão) by my in-laws house in Cascais (just outside of Lisbon) is like nothing I've seen in the US: miles of wide cobblestone boardwalk lined with cafés and restaurants (where a beer is cheaper than a coke and the fresh grilled fish is to die for!) bordering mini-castles, cute little beaches, rocky cliffs, ocean water swimming pools, and multi-colored fishing boats. It IS one of the most amazing places I've visited (photos of all these things are definitely coming!) :)
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| I LOVE exiting the plane on the tarmac, I feel like I've actually "arrived" somewhere! :) |
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| One of the first things we did was hit the boardwalk and head to one of my favorite cafe's. (it sits just in front of an ocean pool; a walled off area that allows in sea water at high tide for people to swim in, wave-free) |
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| YES! A cold beer on a warm, beach-y day! LOVE it. (the "galão" or large coffee with milk and the Pasteis de Nata (custard pastry) are my husbands, he goes for the sweet stuff :) |
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| Our first dinner, prepared by my Mother in Law & enjoyed by my son: Octopus and delicious Portuguese potatoes! - The "normal" fare is quite different in Portugal, our second meal was rabbit and we've had duck, black sausage, and an assortment of shell fish since! Yumm... |
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| Oh, and loads of the most delicious cherries I've ever tasted (and we used to pick them straight from Washington groves :) --it's cherry season here and I'm in heaven :) |
xoxo deb
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