Being A Tourist

Summer it seems is ticking along nicely. The weather is fantastically summery and there seems to be an almost endless list of things I haven't done yet! Sometimes it's difficult to find motivation when the sun is high in the sky and beating fiercely down. However, I have not been completely idle. In between lounging about reading, the car breaking (again!) and the normal day to day stuff, my family and I have been out and about enjoying some of the tourist traps. Yesterday we all went off to Lisbon to visit the Gulbenkian Park and enjoyed the "Centro de Arte Moderna" located there. (Click here for the English version.) And earlier in the week we visited the "Parque e Palácio da Pena" (English version here.) and enjoyed both the sights inside the Palace and exploring the extensive gardens with it's many follies and statues. Photography was not allowed inside either the Art Museum or the Palace Interior, but I did take a few snaps outside Pena Palace...

In that last picture you can just make out the Moorish Castle on the hilltop. The tickets we bought for Pena Palace are valid for the Moorish Castle too, so expect some photos from that very hilltop soon!