Day #156

Castle time!!! We hiked up the undulating paths to the Castelo de Sao Jorge. With our student discount, admission was only €5! What a steal. We were immediately met with some pretty stellar views

Not a big deal, but this is straight out of my camera.

We walked along the walls, Roman ruins, towers, courtyards, and up and down roughly a billion stairs. As a side note, I have the joints of an 80 year old woman. 

Also, the castle had peacocks. Lots of them.

We rewarded ourself for a castle well explored with Nata, a traditional Portuguese dessert, which is basically puff pastry filled with custard and caramelized on the top. "I'm Nata fan" is never a phrase you hear. Though it is a mighty good pun.

We had heard about a market down by the water from someone in our hostel and BOY DID WE FIND A MARKET. Everything looked (and smelled) like it was cooked inside the pearly gates of heaven by angels in golden aprons made of fairy dust and magic. I partook in a nice fish-mango-avocado dish. By nice I mean a tap dance on my tongue.

Tom and I decided to get two desserts and split both of them. The first was a chocolate mousse with cookie crumble bits and the second was caramelized banana with peanut ice cream and whipped cream. I mean... It just doesn't get any better than that. Ever.

We booked our hostels for Frankfurt and Heidelberg, filled out and emailed some forms to Heidelberg University, and did some other housekeeping back at the hostel. For dinner (yes, more excellent food) we made homemade hamburgers with ciabatta bread buns, caramelized onions, and salad. 

So. Pretty. And yummy.