Getting lost in the rain

I found this picture after taking a wrong turn. It was all Travelling Tonito’s fault. We were visiting a medieval city outside of Lisbon. Sintra it was called and though my friends insisted it was a shame that we didn’t have a bright sunny day to see it I was completely mesmerized by the gentle mist that hovered over the town. We made a late afternoon visit to ‘Palacio da Pena’, what I would call a medieval castle and your average european a ‘nuisance that we have everywhere’ situated on a hill overlooking Sintra. It made quite the spooky impression in the fog and I was quite thankful for the consistent motif. Often you arrive at a historical site and the bright midday sun and line of tourists suck the mistique out of the place but this was delightfully spooky. We dealt with the wetness well as we approached the castle and had fun taking pictures around it (though not always permitted).

It got even more beautiful as we headed back to the car in the direction we thought would take us there. The mist in the thick green forest was something I’d never experienced and it added a sauna-like halo around everything and did spectacular wonders with the light.

Here are some more views of foggy Sintra just to convince you that one person’s bad weather can be another person’s eye-gasm.

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