Monday- November 22: Sintra and Cascais, Portugal

Our hotel is a restored manor house in Sintra with an amazing view that looks over the countryside. The owner/manager is named Frederick and is Swiss-German. We had a glass of vino verde with him before going out to dinner. There was a lovely fire going in the small drawing room and he told us that he had retired from a career in the airline and insurance industries before buying the manor house and restoring it. Our room is quite large and has a balcony that wraps around three side of the room. It was so foggy out both yesterday and today that we were unable to see the sea. They assure us it's out there.

We visited Cabo de Roca U the westernmost point in continental Europe and then took the bus to Cacais