StringGrrl sees the World

 KamGrrl (or StringGirl 3.0 as she might be called) may have ventured around many European nations. However, her experiences around the Iberian Peninsula are limited to her times in Barcelona. There she has been on numerous occasions, but has not until now even been to Portugal. Torre de Belém  The Port of Lisbon is very proud of their heritage as the point of embarkation for many of the key "discovery" voyages throughout the years. Often paying homage to some of their most famous navigators like Vasco de Gama, Henry the Navigator, Escobar, Phillipa of Lancaster, and Saint Francis Xavier, to name a few. View from the cliffs near the hotel Much of the seaside where we stayed in the Atlantic facing town of Cascais was rocky cliffs overlooking deep water. We did not really try while we were there to do any swimming or rock climbing (a shame really). Approaching the town center Cascais Central square of Lisboa Go on a tour of Lisbon (Lisboa) and you w...