Weekend in Lisbon

After an 18 hour bus ride from Bordeaux, France to Lisbon, I was very happy to finally arrive in Portugal :) This weekend was a great mix of good food, beautiful culture, wonderful architecture, bewitching music, and great encounters. I stayed in a very nice hostel and it was very easy to meet new people that were coming from all over the world ! 

So during 2 days, we were a group with canadian, english, corean and french people. We really enjoyed the fado music which is very wellknown in Portugal. In fact, fado is a Portuguese musical genre, consisting of popular songs with a melancholic theme accompanied by plucked string instruments. 

There are a lot of things I really loved! I loved climbing and getting lost in these alleys, stumbling upon little squares in the Alfama, admiring views of the sea and seeing that little streetcar go by so cliché but so charming. I loved eating pasteis de nata, you definetly have to try it !

Sintra is located northwest of Lisbon and only a few kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean. It is surrounded by the green hills of the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, which is dominated by the Serra de Sintra, with its granite peaks and pine forests. Thanks to an exceptional microclimate, Sintra is surrounded by a hilly rural landscape with a nice diversity of species.