10 - 5 - 22 We travelled to Lisbon, Portugal and Seville, Spain from September 20 til October 4. While there we took a train from Lisbon to visit Sintra, an hour away, north of Lisbon. Beautiful place, lots of art works along walkways and into the historic center, where there are lots of shops and tourists, along with hills, villas and lush gardens. While in Lisbon, we stayed in the Belem area, the historic centre, close to trams, metro and buses, lots of restaurants and walking distances to sites. No liter anywhere, not on the sidewalks or streets, nor where any of the numerous outdoors cafes are. People are eating delicious pastries and coffee from morning til into the night. Rode the 15E around the area and along their museum row to see the district. On Friday, we took the train, which is a 3 hour ride into Faro, along The Algarve. Faro is much more low-key than Lisbon, less tourists around. Walked to the "Old Town", where the walls are built during the 16th and 17th century, all cobbled stone tiled streets and sidewalks. Visited the Chapel of Bones, where there are the remains of 1,245 monks. Next, train trip was to Tavira, one hour south of Faro. Convenient hotel to the ferry that takes you to Tavira Island, costing $2.20 round trip, is one of the best beaches along The Algarve. Tavira is a beautiful town with cobbled streets and sidewalks, lots of outdoor dining, cafes and gelato places. Everyday was mild, sunny with blue skies From Tavira, a bus takes 3 hrs to arrive in Sevilla, Spain. The hotel is a morner mansion, built in the 18th century, situated near the magnificent Cathedral The Cathedral of Sevilla is the oldest gothic Cathedral in the world. The Royal Alcázars of Seville historically known as al-Qasr al-Muriq and commonly known as the Alcázar of Seville is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, situated near the Cathedral The Spanish Royal family uses it as their offical Seville residence. Both places are UNESCO sites. The Museo Bellas Arts had a lot of religous paintings from the 1500's and was once a former convent. While in Seville, walked across the Rio Guadelquivir river to the Triana area, where there are beautiful home along the river. After four days in Seville, we returned to Lisbon. Taking a lift to half way up the highest hill to visit the Castle S. Jorge, built in the 11th Century by the Islamic. During our visit, we encountered lots of tourists everywhere and would have liked to have been immersed with the people of Portugal and Seville, but renting a car would have been required to drive outside of historic centre and area, into the countryside and elsewhere. Overall, it was great to visit this part of the world!