My immune system needs a stern talking to! I keep getting sick when I travel. This time it's just a stupid sinus infection which the nice pharmacy worker sorted out with Portuguese afrin and sinus tabs. So that helped immensely. I slept in for a bit, hit the pharmacy and then caught the train to Sintra. Apparently no one works the info booths on weekends so I was left to hit buttons until I found the right tickets, which was pretty simple. As usual, I slept all...

I woke up a bit sick but it's probably just the constant rushing around in the last few days. After 2 more days I will be settled in Segovia for work and I will have a private cushy hotel room and my own bathroom. Travel luxuries by my usual standards. I packed my bags and headed back to the airport to Lisbon. The airports here are so lax. No shoe or coat removal, and they don't assign you a gate until hour or less before your flight. Instead they guide you to t...