A leisure walk through nice canadas. A nice view from the Vigia. Pictures follow soon.

A leisure walk through nice canadas. Pictures follow soon.

Make sure the "queijaria" is open.

A ride through the bike path between Vila Franca de Xira and Alhandra.

Stop at the Voltar ao Cais restaurant. Apparently it is very good. The terrace, where we rested a while, is quite nice.

Corpus Christi holiday in Portugal. The weather glorious and perfect for a ride. Pastéis de Belém, books, and a nice lunch. All days should be like this. And the Jacarandás, of course.

The Pastéis de Belém, of course. And the Hieronymites Monastery. Don't miss them.

Um bom passeio em Monserrate, com piquenique de travesseiros da Piriquita, sumo de laranja e banana, café quente e boa companhia.

Aos domingos, ir cedo.

A magnificent winter day, the temperature mild, the sun low but bright. We might take the car and leave Lisbon. But why, when these winter days make our city truly glorious? We just took our bikes, and when for a long, leisurely ride.You can find the photos in Flickr.

Remember to book first, if you want to have lunch at Ti Natércia.

Mais uma das tradicionais Tertúlias da Piriquita que termina com um passeio em Monserrate, depois de um pequeno-almoço piquenique onde os travesseiros são obrigatórios.

Pode-se comer no parque de merendas fora do parque, junto à sua entrada. O parque e o palácio só abrem as portas às 10:00.

Another nice ride, this time to the Arte da Guerra (Art of War) exhibition, with a good collection of propaganda from most of the countries involved in World War II.

It is relatively safe to leave your bike locked to the bike holders in front of the Centro Cultural de Belém.

We decided to spend this week of vacancies revisiting Lisbon and her surroundings. This time we made a nice ride to the beach in Costa da Caparica. A long day, but we did manage to stay in the beach a while. We even took a bath.

You may take you bike to the boat. You may also take it to the train leaving from Alcântara-Terra. Avoid the Cova do Vapor. It is really ugly.

Sunday morning. Our kid in Madeira, with his cousins. A whole day for ourselves. How about rediscovering a bit of Lisbon? We took our bikes and this was the result. The light was very beautiful. It always is. It was one of those blue skyed, almost warm winter days, which magically transform Lisbon. The only less good part as lunch. We ought to have entered the restaurant across the street.

A small walk though a beautiful garden, one the most beautiful gardens in Portugal, actually. Before the walk, a breakfast in the Piriquita, Sintra.

Avoid Sundays, if you can. The garden has a QR-Code based tree guide and free wi-fi. Take a small snack and make a picnic on the grass below the palace.