Herd of Turtles Adventures

 Last day in Lisbon. This also should have been our last day in Europe, but plans changed. Before coming on this trip I had heard of people hiring professional photographers to take pictures on their vacation. I loved this idea. I did some research and found a company called Flytographer that connect you to photographers around the world. I looked at all the places we were going to be and the "routes" that are available for those towns. I loved the color in all the pictures from Lisbon and found a photographer that had a beautiful portfolio. I've had this photoshoot booked for months. Knowing we had our photography session this evening we decided to focus on seeing one site today and then squeezing in anything else that made sense, but also didn't exhaust us. Looming over everything was Sao Jorge Castle, so we decided to go ahead and go see that. We walked up the hill to the castle which was a fun walk. Lisbon is so vibrant. The first thing we noticed when we entered ...

 Today was filled with some interesting twists. Though it started off normal enough. We woke and loaded our gear. We are getting pretty efficient at packing up. The drive up to Lisbon wasn't terribly long (just under 3 hours), but it felt longer with the kids all crammed together and getting on each other's nerves. We made it to Lisbon though and went in search of food first thing.  I have been craving Mexican food for some time. We found a place called 3 Amigos and stopped there for food. It was so hot inside that restaurant. Significantly hotter than outside, but the food was tasty. The light fixtures were sombreros and they had a painting on the wall that said, Make Tacos Not Wall which amused the kids and Azure insisted it be today's blog title. The tile is plentiful here in Lisbon and we have really enjoyed seeing it. After lunch the kids voted to go straight to our Air BnB. We are right in the heart of a lot of things, but we were able to find a parking spot. The prev...