{"id":3655,"date":"2025-10-22T11:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:43:35","slug":"portugal-2025-day-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3655","title":{"rendered":"Portugal 2025 | Day Six"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sintra, Portugal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our sixth day was a day trip to Sintra. Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira were on the docket. Except they weren’t on the docket of our tour drivers. Even though that’s what their summary said. Oh well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sintra was a very pretty fairy tale town. The narrow streets and steep climbs were now a natural part of our vocabulary and expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A typical street front in the Old Town area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A ceramic shop where you could buy the trademark tiles of Portugal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Typical” building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The common Past\u00e9is de Bacalhau. Salted Cod Fritters. They were yummy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After returning to Lisbon, we met up for a walking food tour through the downtown area. Our guide was a young Polish woman and very personable. Our first stop we sampled the Chouri\u00e7o, which is a sausage with a smoky flavor from paprika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flamed Chouri\u00e7o sausage. Also yummy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our main stop was to sample the sardines. I remember sardines as a kid and hated them. But I was willing to try most anything, so I did. They were actually quite flavorful and I liked them. Probably not enough to order them again or look for a recipe, but they were tasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sardines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, we stayed downtown and just walked around. Enjoying the rough, patterned cobblestone streets and walks and the Memorial Arch (this time at night).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patterned, cobblestone walks. They were EVERYWHERE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Memorial Arch at night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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As a guide on a previous trip once said, “don’t forget to look up.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our next day, our last in Lisbon, was a free day and we already knew what we were going to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our sixth day was a day trip to Sintra. Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira were on the docket. Except they weren’t on the docket of our tour drivers. Even though that’s what their summary said. Oh well. Sintra was a very pretty fairy tale town. The narrow streets and steep climbs were now a … <\/p>\n

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