Portugal Day 14: Last Morning

I'll have to warn you in advance. This post is going to be very short and contain only one picture.

I haven't taken many pictures because obviously this was the day of flying back home. The sky was cloudy (the first time in 14 days ) and it wasn't as warm as it had been the days before. At the airport I did a little bit of shopping and bought some bits and pieces. 

 The only picture I took was during the flight back. I just thought that the sprite can looked adorable because it's so tiny.

Portugal Day 13: Rainbow macaroons and 1300 Taberna

 I just had to get a travel size package of macaroons. They were too good and too inexpensive to not buy.

 Did I mention that the packaging was very travel convenient?

 I must have skipped half of the day, or probably just went shopping , as I didn't take any other pictures except for the ones in the evening at 1300 Taberna, which was another shop at LX Factory.

 Jummy, jummy homemade lemonade. With ginger and some other stuff. At first I was slightly sceptical, but it was very good indeed.

 I love the interior design and decoration. BTW those clocks didn't work.

 Ham n cheese platter. Which really filled me up. I ate it with their handmade bread, which was really delicious. One of them even tasted like a cake.

 Mandarin juice, just because you can't drink that everywhere and it tasted amazing.

 My main course, which unfortunately I couldn't finish because I ate all of that bread...I tried very hard to at least eat more than half of everything.

 This is the lamp shaped thing in which the receipt came in. Rustic and odd, yet very much like the interior and setting of the restaurant itself.

 1300 Taberna.

 HELLO WORLD in neon tubes.

Portugal Day 12: Oceanario and healthy drinks

 That day, I decided to go to a family friendly place. The thing with family friendly places is that they aren't only for families with small children but also for couples or just people in general. Here are some impressions: 

 A very elegant and majestic ray.

 The huge and weird looking sunfish, which is definitely an eye catcher because look at it.

 Some really cute and very playful otters, or dog mermaids as the Internet calls them.

 Axolotl. I first thought they were just figurines but turned out they were actually alive and real. I was slightly frightened when the black one move its arm.

 Fluorescent jellyfish, which for some reason looks like a mushtopus (mushroom + octopus, if you were wondering )

 Awwww these unbelievably cute penguins. Get me one of those. In winter. Around Christmas. Because I didn't take one, as I didn't feel christmassy enough. 

 Octopus mug. I would have taken it, if I didn't have to worry about it breaking during transport back home. Airplane luggage is often abused ! ;)

 Healthy drink No. 1 and

 Healthy Drink No. 2

 And a healthy sandwich as well. I feel so healthy.... I had chips with that.....

 Coconut-something drink.This looked great but actually wasn't. It tasted of fatty, oily coconut milk... and it wasn't even sweet. Very unimpressed with this.

Portugal Day 11: Scary jellyfish, MUDE Museum and even more macaroons

 The first thing I did on that day was going to the Mude museum. It's a free fashion museum in Lisbon centre. Unfortunately I couldn't take any pictures of the art because I wasn't allowed. Instead I took a picture of what was in the toilet. A huge stack of coloured toilet paper rolls. I was somewhat impressed by the amount of toilet paper and whether it had any deeper meaning.

 Jellyfish. Run or better swim. They might even sting you !!! Ok I was only on a ferry, but still I was frightened that either my hat, my phone, my shoes or even myself could fall and land in the middle of jellyfish stinging hell.

 I went to comporta beach (which is the most stunning and beautiful beach I went to in Portugal )and had a mint-pineapple juice

 grilled fish and chips ( Now that's what I call Fish n' Chips, School Canteen )

 and plain milk ice cream with raspberries and honey ( I ate it even though I'm allergic to honey, I tried to scrape the honey off the ice cream )

 Comporta Beach. Or the dolphin Beach. Or the seashell sand beach. Or the beach of gentle waves...

I went to TimeOut in the evening and had some macaroons. TimeOut is basically a place where you get fast food, that in a lot of the cases isn't that unhealthy. Anyway, they had a lot of flavours e.g. Cinnamon, Cassis, Orange, Raspberry, and even Port wine (which btw I must say the real port wine is excellent and very sweet ).

Portugal Day 10: The cutest puppy ever, ice cream macaroons and a delicious meal

 Awww I just love this little puppy doggy. I wish I could take it home immediately. Just a joyous, playful puppy. Fluffy, smooth fur. Dark Eyes. Awww. So cute. So adorable. I asked the owner of the dog, which I met in a shoe shop, what its name was. Pluma  (3 months old ). I love you little Pluma. I'd wish I knew the breed. Maybe I'll get one someday.

 Inside of Colombo Shopping centre: 150 bowling pins hovering. How did they get up there? *jokes*

 Had a little treat. Ice cream stuffed macaroons, alongside whipped cream and a couple of raspberries from Haagen-Dazs. Somewhat expensive, but still very delish.

 That's what a single macaroon looked like.

 I just love this mini ad thingy. It looks so cute. BTW the umbrellas on the GOOD were spinning. I enjoy these kinds of ads.

 I went to a fine-ish (not very sure whether it was fine or not) restaurant, and thought that those glass wind barriers looked very fancy with the scenery in the background.

 I had a very, very, very healthy miso soup with seaweed, various mushrooms and sesame seeds. It was extremely good. If I could I'd *not joking* have one every day ( or at least every week ).

 And what goes best with miso soup??? Correct, it can only be sushi.

 I was actually already pretty stuffed, but I thought I would just have to try some meringue (which I just ordered like that because they didn't have it on the menu, and I really fancied a nice meringue)

and lavender ice cream because LAVENDER ice cream. Where would you get that??? Anywhere. No. Of course not. And it tasted like Provence (Region in France famous for its lavender).

Portugal Day 9: Sintra and its pretty castles

 Day 9 of my journey was probably the healthiest day of all. I had to walk up a steep-ish, narrow path to reach this stunning yellow castle.

 I love the ceiling so much. It's just a giant piece of awesome artwork.

 

 In the food area they had a really cute looking tea brand. Cosy. I was almost tempted to buy a cup.

 There's no tourist attraction without a proper souvenir shop. I saw this little cute bag. And again I was temped to buy it, but I figured it'd be a little too childish.

 Obviously I had to buy something there, and as I was kind of thirsty anyway, I thought this could make it to the till. And let's be honest. This looks totally cute and is terribly delicious.

 I saw a cat which reminded me of a dear (human) friend of mine. Also, that cat is very cute.

 Another castle. And nature. And trees. And other picture-capturing-moment-worthy stuff.

 Sunset at the beach. Because I thought it would be a really good idea to spend the evening at a beach. I literally froze my bum off. And loads of other people (mostly semi-professional photographers ) had the same idea.