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Our Iberian Adventure
... Reserve, a series of barrier islands on the southeastern coast of Portugal. On our second day in Olhao, we drove east for a bit to Barril Beach on Ilha de Tavira, another island in the Ria Formosa.
Monday, August 13th - Sevilla:
Since we were essentially on the border with Spain, it seemed silly not to drive across and get a taste of what the country had to offer. On Monday morning, we packed up again and cruised two hours to the city of Sevilla. ...
Bus trips, Juan, Festivals and birthdays.........
... hands. After
7-8 hours of numerous queues, various taxi's, several arguments (Phil was very well behaved!) the wristbands were presented to us for the festivals and we were able to get into our campsite! What a mission!
On our mission to get our tickets we met a great guy, Paul, who we ended up camping near. Once we were all settled we realised our campsite was a bit holiday camp - esque but
had loads of ...
Such a Tart!
... was a massive big cross that overlooked the city of Belem and looked down on a massive mural in the ground. The mural was a massive map of the world, a present from Africa. Unfortunately it left out half of Australia and New Zealand was nowhere to be found. Feeling gypped we took our photos and climbed back down. We went home and on the way purchased another 6 Belem’s to eat later.
We made our way home and decided it was getting close to dinnertime so we ...
Histoire(s) de Lisbonne
Aujourd;hui est notre derniere journee a Lisbonne. Laurence a adore, Jici a un parti pris pour Porto. Il y a une greve des employes du train cette semaine, pendant 4 jours. Ca a perturbe nos plans mais grace a notre hote de Couchsurfing, Miguel, on a pu trouver des solutions! On a eu de belles discussions avec lui, sa coloc Sarah, une bresilienne et le chum de Sarah. On a parle d;histoire, du Bresil, du Portugal (et de toutes ses colonies, je ne savais pas qu;ils en avaient ...
Spain……It’s Not!
... the singing more passionate. The evening ended (well really morning – it was around 2 am) in a small room the walls of which were covered in 18th century tiles, recently uncovered when some plaster work disintegrated. The building had been the home of a mistress of an 18th century Portuguese king and what is now a bar, had been her private chapel. At these small haunts, the district’s Fado singers often congregate after their evening performances to relax and entertain ...
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