Estoril Palacio

... been to many aquariums but this was by far the most magnificent of all. I think we were there for over 2 hours and we were both disappointed when we left. It was a free-standing structure that was built on posts in the river and had a center huge lagoon that had to be at least a half mile wide with misc. environments around the perimeter. They were all so well done. They grew their own coral and the entire exhibit was incredibly clean ...

... are some with blue eyes and the brown hair can vary from dark to very light to even blond. Also, their skin tends to be decently light, kind of like mine, light in the winter, but easily tanned in the summer. However, in Portugal, it was all dark features, all the time, and their skin tended to be a litte darker. Not much, but enough that I noticed. 2) Wow, Portuguese and Spanish are similar!! For the most part, in my opinion, they're ...

... will ever cook without it again. I learned to make "Camel drool" from Christina in Figuera da Foz [it sure tastes better than it sounds!] We took Mike's spaghetti sauce to Figuera and made dinner for them [they are the family we visited on the way back from France and they were kind enough to invite us back. The kids even were even treated to a surf lesson from their daughter Ines' friend.] We loved the Camel drool which sounds better in Portuguese ...

Hey all, wow. gooooodness gracious has a lot of time passed since I have written. Lo siento mucho. The truth is, things have been LOCO. I can't believe how much I have to write about. Well I guess if I start where I left off last that takes me to a trip to Lisbon, Portugal. I am in an extracurricular group about Spain and its ...

... from various viewpoints or "miradouros". In fact, it reminds me very much of that other beautiful city on the hills - San Francisco (including the trundling trams and the bridge: the Ponte 25 de Abril is an almost replica of the Golden Gate Bridge). End part 3 ----------------

The festivities started early today - and when I say early I mean really early. 0300, to be exact. My first reaction to all the noise in the room was that it was time to get up and someone had come to get Lucía. Then I thought maybe they were just getting back and Lucía had had too many to drink and someone had to bring her to bed. Then there were people on my bed and on top of me and someone taking pictures with a really bright flash. By the time I was coherent enough to know what was going ...

... we all sat down i the restaurant... i was disappointed, it wasn´t cheap and no one seemed particularly impressed with the food, plus my migraine started to kick in again and the nausea returned, so i felt great at my gran´s bday lunch in which she barely spoke a word to me! Finally i was given some hardcore drug for migraines that took a while to kick in and then i felt kind of drowsy all evening, whilst chatting to the early hours ...

... zijn er uit en dat betekend een soort hutspot van water. Met alleen het grootzeil hebben we af en toe al 7 knopen op de teller, de stuurautomaat begint van slag te raken en ik heb mijn handenvol de koers te houden en om die kaap te komen. De wind trekt tot 5 beaufort aan, (hoe zo 0-2 knopen na 12.00 uur?) en het lijkt wel dat de wind een hoek maakt met de kaap mee, waardoor we maar niet in de luwte kunnen komen. Langzaam komt Cascais in zicht, een grote en moderne stad tegen de heuvels ...

... in a pounding seaway. Our game plan which involved enduring these conditions had a greater goal though; to transit the straits of Gibraltar in favorable weather and sure enough the closer we got to the gateway of the Mediterranean the more benign conditions got. The winds in the straits typically blow hard from the east or hard from the west. For the preceding 3 weeks it had been blowing from the east creating conditions that had stopped cargo boats and damaged large sailboats ...

... 98 World Expo, the Park of Nations. The big attraction is it's Aquarium, called the Ocenario. I don't think I have been to an aquarium since middle school, and when I arrived, I think I was the minority. The majority being, of course, middle schoolers. However, it was really cool, I enjoyed it. Their big, and really only, display is this 2 story high aquarium. They had so much in it, it was impressive. They had some sea otters, they were pretty funny ...