Spending the day in Sintra checking out the Moorish Castle and Pena Palace, and how you can plan your own day trip to Sintra and avoid the mistakes I made.
Castle
Visiting the Schloss Nymphenburg aka Nymphenburg Palace on a wintery day in Munich
What you can see at the iconic Osaka Castle and some other fun places to check out just outside the castle grounds
A memory of an early trip to Japan with some school friends in 2006 and my first encounter with Osaka. I would return again 6 years later for more detailed exploration in 2012.