Why do writers write?  I have often wondered if writers were the ones who could be intimate with the world when others could only be intimate with one or two others... through words of writers we share in the fantasy, the dream, the information, the vision, and the emotions.  Which brings me to Sintra and the world of Lord Byron, but first, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

View from Seabourn Legend                 Honor the Pope               Buildings               

 Then on to my favorite country in Europe, Portugal and the cities of Sintra and Cascais...

Village of Sintra                                           View from rear of Hotel Tivoli 

National Museum - across from Hotel - Museum - sculpture

Moors Castle, on hill above Sintra Tivoli Hotel    Sintra Street Path            Castle         

Street Sculpture  Water Fountain

Overlooking valley beneath Sintra                        Sintra shop window

I have many, many more pictures of Sintra... but, you need to meet Cascais...

Albatroz Hotel Cascais                                            Beach and street

               Cascais city offices                                                    Cascais hotel

 Next page, Paris...