After a hearty breakfast at the Eduardo VII, we hailed a cab for the Cais de Sodre railway station from where we were to catch the train to Cascais. The station was small, housed in an old lovely building. There were no ticket salesmen, just a huge automated ticket dispenser from which we bought 2 tickets for ourselves at 210$00 escudos each. We were really impressed with the trains! Very contemporary in style, with a pleasing combination of colours, they were comfortable and bright. Even the seats were ergonomically designed! Shortly a few day-trippers to Cascais & Estoril filled the train, and we were off, past sights such as the Tower of Belem and the Geronimos Monastery, and the towns of Oeiras, Carcavelos, Sao Pedro, Parede & Estoril. After a pleasant half-hours journey we were in the little village of Cascais.