I can't write about travel without including a post about Portuguese cuisine. First and for most, is the infamous Pastie de Nata, sometimes called Portuguese tarts. Even though this was the first time I was in Portugal, I was extremely familiar with Pastie de Nata. I practically grew up eating this. Due to Portuguese occupation of Macau,… Continue reading Portugal: Food
If you've been following my posts, I re-started crocheting while I was pregnant. This was my son's first Halloween. Probably like many parents, I decided very early on, I would put him in a pumpkin. And I should make him a hat and boots to go with it. So there he was, wearing mom made… Continue reading Baby Halloween!
Before we finally check out of Cinco, we took another hike up the Moorish Castle, and had breakfast in town. It was a Saturday, many stores were closed. Our next Airbnb was by the train stop Roma-Aveeiro. Since our flight is early in the morning on Sunday, we decided to stay close to the airport. … Continue reading Portugal Vacation: Last Day
Day 4: Climbing! We went to an outdoor climbing class! We've always been gym climbing. Prior to this, we've only taken one outdoor climbing class from REI. We found Jose on Airbnb Experience. Originally, we were going to go up to the wall right underneath the Moorish Castle. But due to weather, we had to go… Continue reading Portugal Vacation Day 4, 6, &7
I'm skipping Day 4 for the next post. On this day, we toured a little bit of Lisbon. We took the train from Sintra to Lisbon, got off at Rossio train station. Then we started walking towards Sao Jorge Castle. Rossio train station Street artInfamous trolley Walking through touristy streets of Lisbon, reminded me of… Continue reading Portugal Vacation Day 5-Lisbon
Day 3, we visited Quinta da Regaleira and Park & Palace of Pena. Quinta da Regaleira probably was my favorite spot in Sintra. It has a palace, chapel, and a park. The park has lakes, fountains, and an aquarium. There were many tunnels and goes through caves and wells. Like this Initiation Well, there were… Continue reading Sintra, Portugal-Day 3
It was really nice waking up not having to change my son's diaper. Moorish Castle on top of the mountian After we got up and had our breakfast, we went out to find the Moorish Castle. There were quite a few ways to get to the Moorish castle from town center. You can take the… Continue reading Sintra, Portugal- Day 2: Moorish Castle and National Palace
It has been three years since we took a vacation. We were so excited that we almost missed our flight from Denver to Atlanta. If you have been a parent, you know how busy you get. We were just so relax by sitting at the gate that we didn't notice the gate changed. They even… Continue reading Portugal-Day 1
There was a sale on Loopy Mango. So I got a white and blue cones of their cotton yarn. I'm so in love their their cotton yarn. I wanted to buy all the colors. Unfortunately, they are kind of pricey. I'll have to buy a few at a time. Two things I hate the most… Continue reading Sky Color Block Top
This is my first purchased pattern. This pattern was from Universal Yarn. I tried to follow the pattern many times and I didn't get it how it meant to be. So I changed the pattern on row 5. I moved the * to after k4. So instead of k1, *k4, [k2tog]twice, it's k5,*[k2tog]twice. The rest… Continue reading Sea Breeze from Universal Yarn
