3 Cities in 7 Days - Lisbon, Portugal

It was time for our last destination traveling with Tjäreborg. A beautiful sunny day welcomed us to Lisbon, Portugal. This city is a gorgeous place with amazing architecture, yellow vintage trams and white cobblestone streets along the Tejo river.

On our arrival, we did a brief stop at our hotel to drop off our bags. We decided to leave the city for the day and head over to Cascais, not far from Lisbon. Taking the metro and a local train was very easy and fast, it took us around 30 plus minutes to get there. There are many beautiful beaches to choose from near Cascais. Of course we chose the one with the biggest waves. 

We enjoyed the sun on the beach and after a few hours we went for a walk around the centre of Cascais. After sightseeing, it was time to head back to Lisbon to find a place for dinner. Lisbon is definitely a foodie's paradise. There are many restaurants in the centre, but it might be hard to find a seating on a saturday night. We were very hungry and the only restaurant that had available seats was an Italian restaurant. So we ended up having pizza once again. After the dinner it was time to head back to the hotel.

I had gotten an email alert about ASP surf contest held all over the world and I noticed that this time it was in Portugal. I did a quick search on the internet and realized that it is only an hour away in Peniche. So I told Samuel that ok, this chance doesn't come often. Let's go!

This totally changed our plans for the day, but it was worth it. We rented a car from a local rental company and made our way to Peniche. The drive was nice, we got to see some typical Portuguese countryside. The surf contest is a big deal and the beach was full of people watching the best surfers in the world compete over the victory. We had fun times and it was definitely a neat experience to get to see this. We definitely want to come back to surf there. Peniche is one the best places to surf in Europe! We drove back to the hotel at night and just went to bed after a long day under the sun. 

On our last day in Lisbon it was time to explore more of the famous sites in the centre. In the afternoon our friend whom we had met earlier this year, when visiting Lisbon for an Instagram meet took us around. She wanted to take us to a place called Panorâmico do Monsanto, which is an old panoramic restaurant built in the 60's. It is a beautiful place on top of a mountain overseeing Lisbon city centre. This amazing building has been abandoned and it is in bad shape. 

For our last night our friends took us to have the most amazing dinner near the Lisbon city centre. This place is called O Prego Da Peixaria. They serve delicious steak bread! You should definitely visit this place if you are in Lisbon. It was a perfect ending for our awesome 3 Cities in 7 Days trip! 

Our tips for Lisbon:

• Visit the beaches in Cascais
• Have a dinner in O Prego Da Peixaria
• Go surfing in Peniche

• Eat Portuguese egg custards in Pastéis de Belém

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3 Cities in 7 Days - Barcelona, Spain

We left a sunny morning in Nice behind and went to the airport to catch our flight to Barcelona. We were super excited and had huge expectations about this city! This is one of the main cities in Europe to visit, but neither one of us had been in Barcelona before. Our plane landed safely after the sunset and we were anxious to go explore the city in the morning.

Our great hotel had bikes available for their customers. We decided to use this opportunity on our first day, as we wanted to see the city and didn't want to spend any time in the metro. This ended up being a very good plan and we got a nice overview of the city and the beaches. This city has such a good vibe and there's things to do for days! We were loving the mixture of old and new architecture.

The next morning we used the public transportation and went to see some of Antoni Gaudís incredible work around the city. He has left astonishing pieces of art behind for later generations to see, even though his greatest and biggest work the Sagrada Família -cathedral is still in the works. After lunch we wanted take to a little rest and went down to the beach to relax. Couple of hours later we were heading back to our hotel, when Samuel started talking to a guy who rents electric bicycles. We got to try them out and we were hooked! We rented them out the next morning which was so much fun! Barcelona is such a good place for biking. There's bike lanes everywhere.

Barcelona is full of life! There is many good shopping streets and you can easily lose track of time and shop till you drop. 

Our tips for Barcelona:

• Rent an electric bicycle 
• Great beaches are right by the city, but if you want more privacy, you should head north along the coast
• Bring your longboard or skateboard along, Barcelona is made for skateboarding
• The heart of delicious tapas food

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3 Cities in 7 Days - Nice, France

We collaborated with a Finnish Travel agency Tjäreborg to make an epic 7 day trip through 3 beautiful cities in Southern Europe. First stop was Nice in France. This was a first time to visit Nice for both of us and we were very excited for our time there. Nice is an amazing city, where you can choose to spend your days laying on the beach and have a refreshing swim in the sea or explore the colourful streets of the beautiful city. 

We arrived to Nice when it was already dark and we just dropped our stuff to the hotel. Then headed to have some dinner in the city. We had been excited to go and see the beach in the morning, but it was actually little rainy the next day which in not normal for Nice. It wasn't raining much and it didn't stop us from enjoying the city. We ended up renting city bikes by our hotel, which we think was the best decision to make on our visit in Nice. When you rent a city bike, you can always return the bike to a bike station located around the city and go on foot when you wan't to see something more closely. We got a very good picture of the whole city when we biked and explored the streets. The next day forecast said that the weather will be perfect and we decided to head over to the La Tour Bellanda to catch the sunrise. It is such a nice place to see the beach and the city when the sun rises. After seeing the beautiful sunrise it was time to head over to the beach before leaving to the airport to catch our flight to Barcelona, Spain.

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Our tips for Nice, France:

• Rent a bike to see more of the city.
• See the sunrise or the sunset on La Tour Bellanda
• Have a nice Italian dinner at La Pizza Cresi
• Shop fresh fruits and bakings at Place Charles Félix in the morning.

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