Morning round abouts while leaving Sagres consisted of finding a solution to toll highways in Portugal. Not unlike a driver I hired in India many years ago, it is always best to ask the same question many times and go with the majority answer. Well it seems the toll roads confuse even the locals. With no clear idea & knowing we were driving to Lisbon, we decided to buy the toll card at the CTT Post office. That would work, right? So we paid the Euros, entered the info, registered by SMS (entered a couple of times till we got it right) then, armed with a message saying we have a credit, off we went. Most of the way we opted for root raised secondary truck routes saving the credit for closer to the city. For those of you that have never heard the term 'Rumble Hump' I have to tell you that since I first heard the term iSouth AFrica I've never forgotten it. Supposedly the phrase refers to speed bumps but in this case I refer to the 100 or so kms of cork tree root raised asphalt as the longest most dangerous rumble humps I've ever seen. Made you slow down to take in the views though.
Closer to the city we sucked it up and headed for the A2 knowing we would not get the rumoured fine of over 200 Euros. Not being used to toll roads I am overwhelmed by the 12 or more entrances with no English. Figured out the truck only lanes but still there were cars in those lines. The symbol on our card did not match the electronic bypass lane so we opted to go through a pay line and ask if we could use our credit.  "Those cards don't work on these toll roads.... other toll roads"! Seems all the way in to town we had to pay. To this date we have no idea where the toll roads are that our credit is good on. Not even the tourist info (tried 2) could help us. Only told us that there weren't very many that used that card.  
So rumble humps, toll booths and one GPS 'woops' we made our way through Lisbon to Cascais, a lovely sea side town west of the city. Found a great B&B (Casa da Louisa) a block from the ocean. It is an easy train ride in to Lisbon and back so that's what we did the next day. The train leaves you off close to the main square. From there it is easy to wander the historic center and make your way up to the Palace (Castelo de Sao Jorge). From here you get a great view of the city as well as a good insite to the history of the area. The view included a mountain of a cruise ship docked close by.  
A fine mist like rain refreshed us as we wandered around. We caught the train back to Belem where we toured the Navel museum (amazing reproductions of ships small and large used by fishermen as well as the navy....some life size). At the Naval museum we saw a WW1 float plane that had a 'pusher' prop similar to the one Shane's Grandad would have flown... I was more excited about that than anything. At the Torre de Belem (with an eroding Rhino as it's main attraction) we climbed down in to the prison and up the 93 steps to the lookout where we were greeted with that mountain of a cruise ship as it made it's way out to sea. Then walked the wide waterfront promonade taking photos & dodging that (now dreaded) mist.  
Note to tourists: when you get a return ticket (Cascais - Lisbon return) and you want to hop off in Belem on your way there or back, don't believe the ticket sales person when he tells you you need a separate ticket. There was no one to check the ticket we bought when we got on or off the train. The original ticket would have worked just fine.
The beaches of Cascais and north along the Atlantic coast made for a great photo opportunity on our last day here. Though the wind was fierce (almost knocking me over) the sun was out and the views spectacular.  
Today we head off to explore Sintra.