For some reason the full circle of life has to also apply to holidays, and good things too, have to come to an end.
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Day 25 – Sintra
Sintra. Well… it is like stepping off a train and in to a fairy tale, really. Like most of Europe there is Sintra, then there is Old Sintra. We, of course, were interested in Old Sintra. A World Heritage Site whose name means “Mountain of the Moon”, Sintra was made famous by the English poet Lord Byron who referred to it as a “glorious Eden”.
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Day 21 and Day 22 – Obertraun, Munich and Malaga
I suppose that no backpacking holiday would be complete without someone sleeping on the floor of a train station. But that is way ahead in the story.Let me start at dawn, day 21.
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Day 19 – Verditz to Obertraun
There are some days where words just seem so (and now a list of words are running through my head, futile, pointless, unnecessary, unfulfilling… but none of them fit the bill!)I woke up very early this morning, looked out the window at the mist surrounding the Blue Mountain Inn and promptly went back to sleep. I woke up a little later, looked out the window at the gray, grim mist, moved my now freezing arm back under the blanket and, yes, went back to sleep.
Day 17 – Venice
Venice really took me by surprise. Last time Martin and I were here, we had a relatively dismal time, but I am so pleased we decided to give it a second chance!
Day 16 – Rome to Venice
Well! So much for good rest! Our room is on the corner and has two windows on two walls. As it had been very warm all day, it didn’t occur to any of us to close at least one set of windows. It also didn’t occur to any of us during the night to do so! When we awoke slightly blue around the edges we bemoaned our stupidity loudly before setting off at speed (partly to warm up, partly because we were later than planned!) to the Vatican City and the Vatican museum.By the time we arrived there we already tourbuses full of people cueing up for entry to St. Peter’s, so we decided to chance going to the museum (wherein lies the Cistene Chapel) first. This turned out to be a very good move, as there was no queue and the crowds inside were light.