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Friday, 13 December 2019

Castelo de São Jorge

It's fair to say that I'm not in the best mood today due to recent events in the UK, but I'm going to distract myself by blogging about Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon and focusing on the nice memory of my visit there.

Castelo de São Jorge is a castle that dates back to the first century BC! It's right on the top of a high hill overlooking the entire city, and is an absolute must-visit for the views alone. I went up in a lift that was outside a supermarket to get partway up the hill. The lift stopped at a restaurant with a viewpoint that was great for pictures.




I explored the area around the top of the hill a bit before visiting the castle. I particularly loved this little street. It's hard to see in the picture, but there are yellow and green banners at the end between the rows of houses. It was a little bit reminiscent of Brazilian carnivals. So that provoked some more Wanderlust in me!




Then I went and got my ticket to enter within the castle walls, where the views were amazing.




The grounds of the castle were a fascinating place to explore.






One of the best things was that there were plenty of fluffy friends for me to say hello to!






The actual castle itself was as fairytale-esque as I could have hoped for!









That brings to an end my posts about my time spent in Lisbon - a city filled with colour, history and culture. The two weeks I spent travelling through Chile, Spain and Portugal were incredible and I'll  remember them forever. One thing I hadn't known before was how common it was for countries to gift buildings to other countries, but on my trip I got to see a little bit of Morocco in Chile, a little bit of Egypt in Spain, and a little bit of Thailand in Portugal. So I feel like I got to see even more of the world than I was expecting to!

Discovering Portugal for the first time was amazing, but Chile was obviously my favourite part of the trip. I had a wonderful time with my boyfriend exploring parts of the country I hadn't been to before. I can't wait to be back in South America very soon, teaching English in Chile or a neighbouring country. I haven't been lucky with my job search yet, but hopefully I'll find something soon!

One more thing I would like to add to this post is a few of my thoughts on Europe - my home continent. It was great to explore two European countries last month and to be able to travel between the two of them so easily, with no need for a passport or a security check. I also feel very privileged that I had the opportunity to live and work in Austria during my Year Abroad, and to have been able to visit several other countries while I was out there just by hopping on a train. Sadly, future generations probably won't have the opportunities I had, and that makes me very sad. We need to have more freedom to live and travel in our own continent, not less. Personally, I love Europe and I'm very proud to be both European and a citizen of the world.

Well, that's my travelling done for the year, but I'll get out of the UK again as soon as I can! I haven't quite finished blogging for the year, however. I'm planning to write a little bit about my local area, and there'll be another Travel Tips article coming soon...

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