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Eiffel Tower. Paris, France. 

Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

Fun fact: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel placed a radio antenna on it to prevent it from being demolished.

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Fountain at Jardim da Praça do Império. Belem; Lisbon, Portugal.

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Francesinha (meaning Little Frenchie or simply Frenchie in Portuguese)

Portuguese sandwich originally from Porto, made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce served with french fries.

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View from the Eiffel Tower. Paris, France. 

Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Fun fact: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel placed a radio antenna on it to prevent it from being demolished.

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The Atlantic Ocean while on route to Cabo da Roca. Sintra; Lisbon, Portugal.

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M&Ms McFlurry at Belem; Lisbon, Portugal.

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Electricity Museum. Belem; Lisbon, Portugal.

The Electricity Museum is a cultural centre that presents the evolution of Energy with a Museum of Science and Industrial Archaeology concept, where themed and experimental exhibits live side by side with a great variety of cultural events.

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Le Pont Neuf. Paris, France.

The oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France.

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São Bento Palace/Parliament Building featuring awesome gelato from Nannarella located at Rua Nova da Piedade, 68. Lisbon, Portugal. 

Home of the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese parliament.

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Praça do Comércio. Lisbon, Portugal. 

Situated near the Tagus river, the square is still commonly known as Terreiro do Paço, because it was the location of the Paços da Ribeira (Royal Ribeira Palace) until it was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. After the earthquake, the square was completely remodelled as part of the rebuilding of the Pombaline Downtown, ordered by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who was the Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, during the reign of Dom José I, King of Portugal.

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View from Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. Paris, France.

The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces.

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Palácio Nacional da Ajuda (Ajuda National Palace). Belem; Lisbon, Portugal.

A neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda.

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View from Palacio Real de Olite (Royal Palace of Olite). Olite, Spain.

The Palacio Real (Royal Palace) of Olite, the seat of the Court of Navarre until its union with Castile (1512), was one of the most luxurious medieval castles in Europe. A 12th-century German traveller wrote his impressions in his diary, now conserved in the British Museum in London: "Surely there is no king with a more beautiful castle or palace and with so many gilded rooms".

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Pastries from Pastelaria Piriquita, Sintra; Lisbon, Portugal.

Clockwise from the top:

Travesseiro

“Travesseiros” means “pillows” in Portuguese. The pastry is an almond and egg cream filled puff pastry rectangle.

Queijada

A type of sweet most famously made in Sintra, Portugal. It is a small sweet prepared using cheese or Requeijão, eggs, milk, and sugar. 

forgot the last one though

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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery). Belem; Lisbon, Portugal.

A monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome located near the shore of the parish of Belém. The monastery is one of the most prominent examples of the Portuguese Late Gothic Manueline style of architecture in Lisbon. It was classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

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View from Praça do Comércio. Lisbon, Portugal. 

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Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.