Comfort Inn Braga

... static caravans pitched up for the winter) all for the princely sum of Euro 8 per night! The surf in Ancora looked rather too frothy (pollution or a good head??!) for our liking and so we headed a few km down the road on the 6 Nov to Agucadoura, yet another deserted beach, where both of us donned our wetsuits, dived in with our boards and were unceremoniously dumped back on ...

... getting to the place - one woman threatened to throw out her sat nav after taking the wrong turn numerous times. The rain continued and as the camp site only offered sites under oak trees we had a few very noisy nights with water dripping, acorns and oak apples falling on the caravan and a stream running underneath it we decided to move on.

Een gevaarlijke haven volgens de Nederlanders die hier al 5 jaar liggen met een Etap 32: de mensen zijn aardig en het is niet al te duur: je blijft er zo maar liggen. Ze konden zo nog een aantal mensen aanwijzen waarbij dit was gebeurd. Wij hebben ook nog geen neiging weg ...

... to pass and eat lunch in car. We waited. And waited. Then started reading while we waiting. Four hours later we were still reading and waiting so we opened some of the cider we got the day before. Kevin went up to the campsite's store and grabbed some sleeping mats so we had some cushion below us while we slept. We then moved the tent to ensure it wasn't going to be in a big puddle as it continued to rain. Later during the rain, it was dinnertime so we went to the ...

... Of course.  So we picked up the full tent (tent, deflated mattress (so we'd have something between us and the ground), pillows and sleeping bags) and moved it to the new spot and went to bed.  Then it started to rain.  

* The passport control areas are from before the EU was established - these are at all old border crossing throughout Europe and are kept up quite well.  The UK still uses theirs since it's an island and other countries seem to expect to use them again at any time.

... climbed all the way up we found it was closed for renovation. However, having climbed that high we were able to walk out over the Ponte de Luis 1 for splendid views of both banks of the Douro. This bridge, the symbol of Oporto, is a world heritage site. Interestingly the top level of the bridge is both a pedestrian walkway and the modern metro line. The metro trains have to cross the bridge at walking pace. This is ...

... amigáveis). Gente de todo lugar! Lituânia, Letônia, Polônia, Alemanha, Itália, Espanha, França, Grécia, Turquia, Cabo Verde, Serra Leoa, El Salvador e, é claro, Brasil.. E são muitos brasileiros. Todo dia é dia de festa nesse lugar. A residência de Santa Tecla nunca mais será a mesma depois da passagem desse povo estriquinado por aqui. De resto tudo corre bem, apesar da saudade (que nas primeiras duas semanas foi bem pior, mas agora já está devidamente administrada).

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So on thursday we came back to braga, again with another terrifying bus drive as we could see the drops in the light, Portugese drivers seem to drive in an invisible middle lane! However it did give some spectacular views. Once in Braga we found a room which is very nice and we got it at a big discount so even better. It is now draped with our wet clothes! Today we have ...

... we dumped our stuff at the hotel and had a walking tour towards the marina area. We had to take back alleys and shady streets that had 'crack' and 'stripper' spray painted everywhere. Another sign? So we're walking down the street following behind the main group when these little kids come out and start running up to Brian and touching him wanting to hold hands or play games or ...