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Wednesday 19 October 2022

European Holiday - Portugal 2 - Cascais

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The day after our return from the centre of Portugal, my younger sister Luisa arrived from South Africa on the 6,30am flight. My middle sister Isabel, Jose and I picked her up at Lisbon airport.

After a long, long wait, her bag hadn't been delivered to the carousel and she was asked to contact the "Lost and Found" counter to report it. She was told it was possible her bag hadn't been put in the same flight and would probably arrive the following day, and she was given a claim number and a phone and website to check.

Sign at Lisbon airport

We then drove to my parent's house, where we had a family breakfast and then my sisters and I went to a nearby shopping centre so we could buy some essential clothing items for Luisa.

After 2 days, checking the website, calling the airport, still no bag! 

Someone suggested she go to the airport and actually check the "lost luggage room" and see if she could spot her bag. Off we went to the airport again! She checked, and checked and nothing, but on her way out she decided to go to the carousel where her luggage had arrived and as she walked towards it, she spotted her bag standing all alone just two carousel's away from the original one. 

Crazy that the airport people don't collect all those "stray" bags and take them into that "lost luggage room". What might have happened is someone grabbed her bag and a few steps later realized it was the wrong bag and just left it there instead of taking it back to the original carousel, creating a stressful situation for others!!

Name of restaurant (We are a treat - chicken Guia style)

       
That night the family had grilled chicken for dinner at "Somos um regalo" in Cascais, with my uncle, wife, daughter in law and 2 granddaughters, all visiting from the United States where they live.

Grilled chicken with chips and tomato salad
             

Rooster and Chicken Toilet signs at the restaurant
         

After dinner we walked around Cascais and then stopped at the famous Santinis for Ice-Cream.



A delicious ice cream for all

I accompanied my sisters to a newish supermarket in Cascais - Auchan- (a French multinational), that blew my mind away. It was built on the site of a former smaller supermarket. I had never seen such a huge supermarket with such a massive choice of articles like cheeses, wines, bread, fruit and vegetables (that I didn't even know), fish, nuts, yogurts, juices... I was going from aisle to aisle in awe, like a kid in a candy shop!  

Auchan supermarket - on the top floor are the restaurants and a lovely outdoor eating zone and garden


Pink silicone baking articles, cheeses and more cheeses, nuts, spices by kg, yogurts of all kinds

And from the underground car park entrance they had recycling stations for things like coffee pods, batteries, electronic equipment, oils, ink cartridges and even cork bottle tops. In the car park they have "green parking bays" by the doors, marked with a leaf.  Very advanced I thought!




Two days after my sister's arrival, our son-in-law Thomas arrived from Cologne at midday and because Karina had an online work meeting, Jose and I picked him up.  As we went early, I convinced Jose to drive me around the suburb just behind the airport so I could photograph murals in the area. He's well trained by now ðŸ˜ƒ.

That evening Jose and I had dinner with a young couple who we originally met in Perth a few years ago, and now live in Sydney (who were also on holidays in Lisbon), plus her parents and the parents of another Perth friend, at Adega das Gravatas in the inner-city suburb of Carnide

The restaurant was huge, very quaint with loads of ties (gravatas) hanging from the ceiling and on walls. Even though it was a Thursday I could hardly believe how popular and full the restaurant was!  Again, the food was delicious, but the portions were gigantic!

Ties hanging from the ceiling, Jose's steak, my Octopus dish, fridge counter full of delicious desserts


There are so many different styles of tiles (azulejos) in Portugal, mainly covering old buildings.... I must have taken photos of over 50 different ones.


The following day the 9 of us left in 2 cars to spend 8 days relaxing in Vilamoura, in the Algarve in the South of Portugal. 

25 April Bridge crossing the Tejo (Tagus) River from Lisbon to Almada on the way south

Christ the King statue in Almada - inspired by Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

Next episode:  Relaxing in the Algarve


23 comments:

  1. ...Sami, you had a wonderful trip, thanks for sharing the excitement.

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  2. Oh, I always fear this happens with the luggage!
    Love the sign, though!
    Wow. Here a swat team would show up if there was a lugguage without person. They´d fear a bomb... But great she found hers.
    Cute toilet signs.
    Hmmm, all those cheeses.
    LOL, yes, Ingo is mural-trained, too.
    Love those tiles. So pretty.
    Seems like a wonderful, long meetup :-)

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    1. I think it would be a security risk for sure. I love cheese too 😋.

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  3. Beautiful adventure, but you know I always get stuck on the food. Oh the food looks delicious.

    Have a fabulous day, Sami. ♥

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    1. Glad you enjoy looking at the food photos. The food is fantastic in Portugal.

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  4. What a delightful holiday! Very kind of you to share it with us Sami

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  5. Here Aldi seems to be changing their stores towards something like as the supermarket you describe, although I am sure it won't go that far.

    A great selections of photos.

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    1. Thanks Andrew. Haven't been to Aldi in a while.

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  6. Dearest Sami,
    What an unnecessary stress for your sister about her missing bag!
    So happy she went back to the carousel area to look for it and it was there—unattended. How lucky nothing did happen to it.
    WOW, those portions indeed were all huge; looked delicious though.
    That recycle station was incredible—wish they would do that here but Europe always has been ahead.
    No doubt you enjoyed your time together at the Algarve—my middle brother's favorite area for vacation with his family.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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    1. It certainly was stressful specially as we were going to the Algarve 3 days later, and she was worried she wouldn't have her clothes by then. The recycling station at the supermarket was better than anything I've seen here too. Europe really is ahead when it comes to recycling.

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  7. Your family is scattered all over the globe. Lost luggage is always a fear. we were once responsible for taking someone's luggage by mistake. Didn't realize it until the next day. They were very gracious about it.

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    1. LOL, I always try and place myself as close to where the luggage is appearing from to make sure no ones takes my bags. Also I have turquoise bags which are more unusual and put a ribbon in my bags just in case there are other turquoise ones.

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  8. Your photos are just spectacular! Love the food and street scenes

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  9. So glad your sister got her bag. That's scary. Wonderful photos but my favorite are those tiles -- spectacular!

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    1. Thanks Jeanie. Yes, it was a relief! I love the tiles too and spotted so many different ones...

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    1. It's one of the must visits in Lisbon (just the other side of the river). Thanks William

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  11. LOL my husband is well trained too!!

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