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Travel Blogs from Folhadela
I did what tourists do: take a boat ride ;-)
... like me. I was offered to taste my first Ovos-moles, a very sweet thing made with eggs and sugar ;-)
This afternoon, seeing that wonderful weather, and being afraid tomorrow it would not be that nice, I did a boat trip on the canals ;-) I know, very touristic, but a nice way to quickly make a large tour of this little town. I loved it!
There were many scouts around, and each time we ...
Port never looked as good
... army. We also got a geography lesson from our guide, a rio, is a freshwater river, but a ria is a saltwater river.
We decided to take the coastal road up to Porto, with the plan to stop for a lunch at a beach cafe. The shortest way to get to on the coastal road was to take a ferry over the estuary. After a lot of winding roads we finally found ourselves at the dock, just to realize that the transportation union workers were on strike that day, thus no ...
Music where you don't expect it
... The fish, rice and patata fritas/ fries, reminded me of the fish and chips we ate at Roma cafe in South Africa. The fish was perfectly fried and not even ouma Lettie could complain about it. With drinks (a jug wine) and bread this bill came to 13.50, another great deal.
The afternoon was spend driving through the mountains in central Portugal and it did not take too long before the motion sickness set in. I will spare you the details.
Without a place to ...
Once in a lifetime magic happens!
... book to ask about a restaurant, which immediately set the two men in what sounded like a heated argument about what the best place to eat was. This became really heated when the proprietress joined the conversation. We missed Izak's translations, but Johan would have made him proud, we used words, non touristica, and tradicional. I ordered a glass or port for each of the men. The proprietress signed that they did not drink port but red wine, she poured it for them and ...
First class pig
... could not let it go to waste. We never ordered dinner, but we received a massive plate pork, a green salad and fresh oranges. We thought there was no way we could finish it, but before we knew it the plate was empty and the waiter brought some more, without us asking for more. The light salad and oranges perfectly balanced the pork. The skin was paper thin and there was minimum fat. This was served with a pepper sauce. It was great, and to date the ...
