What a trip!!
1 AM : I suddenly woke up and my TV is on. May be I forgot to put the timer on. But then rarely I do that as am taught to switch off the TV before I sleep.
But, today I am glad that I am spoiled. As I woke up with the TV noise, I see the program, World from Above, being telecast in Discovery HD WORLD. This program showcases the beauty of the city from above with ariel views.
I was thirsty and bit sweaty too as I have the fan off for the constant rain which makes it cooler inside the house. However, all that is gone in a flick of a second when I saw the Portuguese Map and the narrator explaining the journey of the day.
Yes, it is Portugal and the journey starts from one of my most favourite place in Portugal and ends in another. The pre-decided journey is Serra D'estrelas - Coimbra - Obidos - Nazare - Cabo de Roca - Cascais - Oeiras. I have been to all these places but Obidos and Nazare.
In short, the Serra D'Estrelas is the mountains of Portugal.
Coimbra is called as the city of Students.
Obidos which is now in my to do list is a beautiful heritage place.
Nazare is a beach town to relax and gets the highest wave of the year. Who knows one day I would be there to take a ride on the Funicular to the beach.
Cabo de Roca is beautiful and is pride of Portugal. It's cross demarcates that this is where is the westernmost point of Europe.
Caiscais and Oeiras are the resort towns and fishing village by the beach.
Last one and the most epic one is Lisbon. A city with many definations. The capital of Portugal, the point from where Portuguese colonized the Brazil in west and India in the east. The city from where Vasco da gama set his voyage to find India sailing around the entire coast of African continent.
The journey ends with Christo de rei overlooking the 25th April bridge.
Now am in a state of Nostagia and I am sleepless.
I am missing Portugal.........
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