The girls had a couple of days off over Valentine’s Day weekend. We decided to take an extra day off and take a trip to Portugal! After our Japan adventure, we felt very strongly that Levi should stay with Appacha and Ammachi this time. 🫣 Thankfully my sweet parents were more than happy to have him!
We flew out of IAH on Thursday afternoon, stopped in Amsterdam, and landed in Lisbon on Friday morning!
The cutest little traveler! 🥹
As soon as we landed, we headed straight to our beautiful historical hotel. We stayed here two nights and absolutely loved it!
Cutest little entrance to the hotel! 😍The lobby!We helped ourselves to some refreshments. Since it was raining on and off, we figured it’d be best to do a tuktuk tour so we’d have some shelter but also get a chance to explore!We climbed on to the tuktuk and set off on a rainy, windy tour of Lisbon!We secured the famous egg/custard tarts!We visited the oldest operating bookstore in the world!And stopped for hot chocolate and coffee! My little tourists slurping up their hot chocolate! 🥰And lastly, we visited the famous pink street! We finished the night off with dinner at an amazing Indian restaurant – Swaagat! We ended up eating here twice – it was so good! The next morning was our first official full day in Lisbon and we were up and at ‘em, bright and early! We took the famous Tram 28 to Alfama.We hopped on and rode it for a few stops.We got off at our stop and explored Alfama for the morning! Sweet sisters! 😍We stopped for lunch at the famous pizzeria romana al tavolo in Alfama! It was so yummy! 🤤And of course, then we got gelato! It’s not a true family vacation unless we stop for gelato 50 times a day. 😂We went back to the hotel and “rested” for a little while….Then we bundled up and took an uber to see the famous Belem Tower and enjoy the sunset. My favorite view. Always. ♥️Afterwards we grabbed a bite to eat at Time Out Market which was just a couple of blocks from our hotel.
We walked around a bit within the market and got a few souvenirs and then headed back to our hotel to call it a night.
The next morning we took a bus to Porto. This was NOT part of the original plan. I hate buses but the trains were all shutdown due to a local dam breaking and flooding the railways. 🥴😵💫 It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. We boarded the bus and couple hours later we were in….PORTO! Our hotel was wonderful and located on a pedestrian only street (no cars allowed) and was in a great location!
We checked out the hotel and then hit the ground running!
We visited the Clerigos Tower! Famous spot for the custard tarts! We popped in and out of all the little shops as we walked all through Ribiera, Boavista, and Old town areas. We tried to stop by the Mercado do bolhao (open air food market) and the famous Gazela hot dog place but both were closed.We bought tickets to visit Livraria Lello! It was STUNNING!Of course, we got a few books to keep and some to take home as souvenirs! Finally we ended the night with more pizza and walked home!Some pics from our walk home! 😍😍😍The next morning we grabbed a quick breakfast and headed straight to the bus station back to go back to Lisbon.Waiting on our Uber in Lisbon to take us to our airport hotel. We had a very early flight the next morning so we chose to stay in a hotel that was just steps away from the terminal we were departing from. The hotel wasn’t anything fancy but was nice and served breakfast so win, win!
We dropped our bags off and set off again to find some lunch and headed to our next activity!
We found some lunch!And then conveniently stumbled into a mall!😉Of course we stopped for gelato in the mall, LOL!Slowly making our way to our main attraction for the day….The oceanarium!This part of the trip really made us miss our sweet boy! Levi would’ve loved this!After the oceanarium, we continued to stroll and explore our way through Lisbon.Taking lots of pictures along the way!Beautiful Lisbon sunset! Stopped for coffee in the cutest little shop!Cutie coffee dates! 🥰😍Walked past a park that made us miss Levi SO MUCH! We finished off the night with dinner at the yummy Indian restaurant and took an Uber back to the hotel!
The next morning, we packed up and headed back home to be reunite with my sweet boy!
The Curious Georges 