Portugal Part 2- Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira

Saturday, June 5th found us in a little town called Santa Maria da Feira. We came to explore the castle which is popular here and it was only a 30 minute drive from mom and dad's house!

Mom, Callie, Tessa and Dad in front of the Castelo!

Callie and Kelly were the Queens of this castle:) Callie loved running all over the grounds and the walls of this real life princess castle!

Throughout the castle grounds there were actors in period garb who were acting out or describing (in very beautiful Portuguese) the history of the castle and it's people. Callie was entranced with the puppet shows and enthusiastic speakers. Here she is with Kelly, sitting on the castle walls and listening to a speaker as he gives his monologue to his audience below.

Sir Charles and Lady Callie survey their kingdom from a window in their castle tower.

Jon, Knight in Shining Armor, and Kelly. Reminiscing about one of their favorite "Bill and Ted" quotes.

Callie, Mom and Tessa walking along the castle walls. Callie ran from one place to another and could not get enough of this cool place!

Tessa and Kelly with the main keep of the castle behind them.

Tessa and Matt enjoying the view.

Callire with a "real" knight! He even let her hold his sword! She was so excited to see him sword fight in the castle courtyard too.

The classic jumping shot with a castle from the 11th century as the backdrop. Picture perfect:)

Matt and myself in the town of Santa Maria da Feira. We loved the small streets and great view of the castle above.

At the end of the day, Callie just wanted to play at the castle-themed park by the parking lot and eat ice cream with Mom while Tessa played in the fountain and I took a photo of Jon, Kelly, Dad and Matt before we said goodbye to this cool little town and a beautiful castle.