Sephina: Cascais and Lisbon

Off to Cascais at 0930, 45 miles and the Portuguese Nortada trades are becoming very consistent, building from 10 knots in the mornings to 25+ in the afternoons. Had a fast sail down to Cascais along side Vaughan and Lynda on Ravenala. Heres a pic of them flying into Lisbon in 25 knots doing 8.5 knots.

We arrived in Cascais 8 hrs after we left Peniche and anchored off the main beach, just outside the marina for the night. A very nice protected anchorage and as Cascais is one of the most expensive in Portugal at around 60 euros/night we didnt see the point of going in just to sleep.

We headed into the marina next day at 0900 and cleaned Sephina, did some laundry and walked around the very pretty town. Ate yummy Thai and slept well!
Next day we took the train into Lisbon, Portugals Capital to be tourists for a day.

Lots of interesting sights and culture in the city. I really wanted to catch a tram up the hills so we walked a bit then jumped on to a free local tram (well it was free for us because the driver was too intent on her phone conversation to care if we paid or not..)

The ride was crazy, stop start, and worse than a melbourne tram because the roads are STEEP ! and cobblestones, but it was lots of fun. We had no idea where it was going or when it would stop, but we jumped off when we thought we were near the top and found somewhere for a sugar hit..

We were aiming at finding the castle/fort on top of the hill in Lisbon, and although it was hot and we seemed to circle it I wasn't about to give up (after our last disappointment on getting up the hill in Viana do Costella)

Jen played some African juju xylophone with some guy that told her she really needed to buy some bracelets as well, if not for her, then for her relatives back in France !