Spontaneous Sun
The weathermen turned out to be wrong today. There was no heavy rain and there was no hail. Instead, we had a sunny, clement day.
Jack, another English teacher here, and I decided to go to Cascais to have an explore and to watch the football. Cascais is a thirty minute train journey west of Lisbon and is particularly popular with tourists. There are plenty of beaches, old buildings and palm trees:
The pub and square where we watched the game.
Cascais
Because of the surprising weather, we decided to take a long walk along the Lisbon Coast and take in the sea air (and a couple of beers!) The walk began in Cascais and ended in Carcavelos, where we bumped into other teachers on the beach. In the end we played some beach volleyball in the late evening while the sun was setting. The spontaneity and surprising weather made today a much more pleasant day than I had anticipated. Here’s the route we took:
Cascais Walk
Cascais Walk (zoomed out)
Due to it being carnival season, I have three days off now and don’t return to work until Thursday. The weather forecast states that the weather is going to be awful, although if it’s anything like today I might just get down to the bus station and head to Porto or Coimbra anyway!
Colin Wells said,
April 5, 2011 at 19:52
Good to read your observations about Lisbon, Cascais, et al…I love Lisbon, have a Portuguese wife and often spend summers in Queluz, at my mother in law’s. I too am a teacher, but in Kuwait. Nights in Bairro Alto….happy memories. Thanks!