Kudos to the people in the pre-car age for building places like Sintra, with its tiny streets and bright colors. Modern architects cannot build that. “But where are they going to keep the cars?”

The knight templars had a sense of drama. The inverted tower in Sintra was used for initiating new knights who had to go downstairs blindfolded and then find the exit by listening to the sound of water.

I hope the new knights removed the blindfold by this moment. The pond is pretty.