Portugal: Catch Up in Pictures

Last weekend we went to Portugal with some friends from Grant's program at Hult. 

Here's the weekend review in pics. 

View from our hotel

Ericeira

Have you ever seen such colors?

Ericeira

Beach

Ericeira

View from Francisco's beach house

Ericeira

Ericeira

Roadtrip to Sintra

Beach - Cliffs

Ericeira to Sintra

Beach - Cliffs

Ericeira to Sintra

Beach - Cliffs

Ericeira to Sintra

New vs. Old

Ericeira to Sintra

Sweet little man who helped us find parking in the city center

Sintra

{He spoke a bit of Portuguese, Spanish, and French as he gave directions. 

It took 5 of us to understand but we were very thankful for his help!}

Palace of Sintra

Sintra

Sintra

Lisbon

Lisbon
25 April Bridge (1974: Portugal's Carnation Revolution) {looks like Golden Gate}
Cristo-Rei "Christ the King" {looks like the Jesus in Rio but smaller}

Fishermen
Lisbon

Fishermen
Lisbon

Lisbon

Praca do Comercio
Lisbon

King Jose I
Praca do Comercio

Augusta Street Arch
Praca do Comercio

Rua Augusta
Lisbon

Cafe
Rua Augusta - Lisbon

Found Augusta all the way in Portugal
Lisbon

Don Pedro IV Square
aka "Praca Rossio"

National Theatre
Don Pedro IV Square

aka "Praca Rossio"

Central do Rossio
Lisbon

Eden Hotel
Praca dos Restauradores

Flame-thrower in the street
Lisbon

Street performers
Lisbon

Dinner @ Tromba Rija
Lisbon

Lisbon @ night

Lunch Sunday
Lisbon
{note the Jeronimos Monastery in the background... right of the wine bottle}

Lunch - Belem
Lisbon

Lunch - Belem
{next to the Praca do Imperio and Jeronimos Monastery}
Lisbon

Christmas: Catch Up in Pictures

Ok. It's been a little ridiculous that I haven't posted in so long and have left out the best part of our time here in London so far: Christmas with my fam. I can't fully explain all that we did (I was posting obnoxiously on fb, so check there if you're curious). But here is a bit of our Christmas Experience: London Edition 2011 in pictures.

Our Christmas Tree (or shrub)

Mama at Oxford Street

Mama at The Georgian in Harrod's

Me and Mama in the Harry Potter section of Harrod's

Harrod's at Christmas

The Heaths at Heathrow

The Heaths at Heath Court (just by our flat!)

Oxford

The Eagle and Child

This cracks me up.

The Church-turned-Library outside Mimi and Syman's place

{thanks for letting us stay!}

These 3 Gentlemen and Scholars 

The Radcliffe Camera
Oxford

Oxford

Oxford

Oxford

Oxford

The Perch

Oxford

The Perch

Oxford

The Perch

Oxford

The Perch

Oxford

Oxford

Hungerford Bridge

London

Hungerford Bridge

London

Hungerford Bridge

London

Holiday Downtime

London (our flat)

Went to ZSL London Zoo and found these two meerkats.

Camden Market

Camden Lock 

British Museum

St. Paul's for Evensong

Had Evensong on the steps out front after a bomb threat forced an evacuation of St. Paul's

Winter Wonderland

Hyde Park

The Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre

Methodist Hall

Westminster Abbey 

Tower of London

Christmas

Tower Bridge

Oxford Street

And after my family left (and I cried the entire way back from the airport) Grant took me to
The Nutcracker at the English National Opera's London Coliseum. 

English National Ballet
{it was fabulously done}

The End!