We left Lisbon the day a hurricane hit it…talk about good timing! We took a pretty nauseating 4 hour bus ride to Faro where we settled in for a couple of days before heading off to Seville, Spain.
In Faro we just walked around, found a fun playground, watched trains pass from the side of the tracks, ate some good italian food and enjoy the peace from the big cities we were in before. Sabi also found her favorite ice cream sandwich finally!
Whew ok finally catching up so going to keep text short b/c i have so many pics to sort through and update.
We left on a 2hr 40min train ride and headed over to Lisbon. All went smooth and train was super nice (except we got backwards facing seats which was a little sickening so will be searching for front facing tickets this time around).
We got to Lisbon in the afternoon and just explored the neighborhood where the girls made a little buddy from Scotland and played until the sun set. We were all a bit tired (basically momma and dada) and I finally caught the nasal thingy they all had so we decided to just order in (uber eats) and settle down for the night. We found an awesome indian takeout and Sabs ordered her favorite Indian food – french fries. Sissy ate some lentil soup, veggie samosas, and the peas out of all our dishes. Yumm-o.
Today we’ll be hitting the town for a full day of exploring. I love the neighborhood we’re in so im excited to see what all is around us. Tomorrow we head by train to a new town called Faro where we will just spend one night before heading to Spain :).
On to Lisbon:
What a beautiful day in a beautiful city! We just walked and walked and bumped into the most fun things! We saw an invisible man, a woman statue, a man statue, a guy jump off the bridge into freezing cold water, a clock that had animated figures and played music over the street, a super fun walking street where we all tried roasted chestnuts for the first time, the best food we have had in weeks, and tons of gorgeous views! Ahhh, what an incredible first day in Portugal! We ended it with a dinner at home including a delicious salad for momma and dada and loads of broccoli soup for the lil rugrats. Sabi ate the most she has eaten in weeks…she def made up for her lost meals yesterday. The little rat downed waffles, bananas, strawberries, eggs, avocados, 3 bowls broccoli soup, oranges, chocolate croissant, and a lime ice pop. Off to do it all again today :).
Maker:0x4c,Date:2018-3-12,Ver:4,Lens:Kan03,Act:Lar01,E-Y
Maker:0x4c,Date:2018-3-12,Ver:4,Lens:Kan03,Act:Lar01,E-Y
Maker:0x4c,Date:2018-3-12,Ver:4,Lens:Kan03,Act:Lar01,E-Y
After exploring Marrekech we headed off on a road trip to the desert. Our first stop to sleep was an area called Valle de Roses. It was one of my favorite we visited in Morocco and we had so much fun just chillin at the airbnb. We played an intense game of slapjack that Sabsy almost won and had an incredible dinner at night.
We were all exhausted from about 5 plus hours in the car so it was nice to relax and hang. The views were beautiful and we got to see a double rainbow. There were cats galore and the shower was nice and hot. Def a good place to relax before the second half of our journey!
We arrived in Morocco and Sabi was a bit off…turned out later that day she had fever, stuffy/runny nose, and headache. We took it easy and just went to grab some dinner and came home early. The girls and I were passed out by 7pm i think and slept through until 930am today. Sabi got up around 10 something and luckily is so much better than yesterday! Thank goodness b/c tomorrow we are supposed to be heading off for our camping adventure. We almost thought we were going to have to cancel but as of now if she stays as is and continues on the up and up as the day goes on, it will be looking good.
We’re going to take it easy and just walk around a little later this afternoon. Dada has a headache too and is still feeling jet lag. Sophie and I seem to be pulling strong still and hopefully will stay this way! Sophie was a mega champ yesterday on 2 hours sleep. She def gets the award for toughing it out!
At least the downtime gave me a bit to catch up here and work on a few other things! Hoping everyone starts feeling 100% this week and this jet lag disappears for good!
On our walk yesterday they started playing the prayer over speakers in the town. Watching their little faces was priceless. Morocco is full of cats – Sabi’s dream, Will’s nightmare. Sophie seems to love Morocco so far and is so into all the old world charm and learning about the language, etc. Sabi says she is not a fan of “the food from this world” and at first was not impressed by our amazing riad (house) which is actually super cool but she was concerned it didn’t have electricity…it does. She has since then settled in and is only complaining about the food. Her croissant didnt have enough chocolate in it this morning and her pancakes (crepes) were served with jam instead of syrup, oh and her orange juice “had hairs in it” (pulp)…Sabi problems.
Oh and we have i guess what you’d call a butler who did our laundry and cooks, etc. Sabi is not a fan of having someone in the house and keeps asking when he’s going to leave. Hahaha. He happens to be so sweet and Sophie really likes chatting with him b/c he does little tricks for her and is trying to teach her some french. He doesnt speak any english, or spanish…so it is french or arabic (apparently i spelled that wrong). We have an entire house that has 3 floors. It is so beautiful. I’ll walk around and take some pics today b/c yesterday i was too exhausted.
