Hotel Costa Da Caparica

Well its a Business Class lounge, so actually its all good, as we have unlimited drinks, food, magazines, showers and most importantly for me free wi-fi. I actually have time to catch up on all those things that I haven't had time for........including checking out possible accommodation for our trip, good kite spots, as well as emails, Facebook and wind and weather reports from the ...

... The landscape is hills/mountains and what looks like tropical rainforests. On of my friends made the comment that Portugal accidentally drifted off of South America, got lost, and landed in Europe. I would believe it. In Sintra, we stopped for a local pastry, as Bruno believes that you haven't been to a place unless you've tried the pastry. Delicious. From Sintra we went up to the Palace Pena. Some Portuguese king way back when built his girlfriend a palace to ...

... back towards the city center. We ended up finding a great cafe with outdoor seating and surprisingly great food. Even better than the food was the sangria made from green wine. Portugal is famous for their green wine, and this was easily the best sangria I have even tasted. After lunch, we went out towards the ocean and when to the aquarium. It was awesome! In the center of the ...

... be in a country which is not yours but everybody speakes your language... I see the signs and ads, I feel at home and suddenly I remember I'm in Portugal... Even more strange is to know that someone is indeed speaking Portuguese... But i don't understand him/her due to a big accent incompability. I went outside to have a cigarette and a Portguese asked me (completely natural) "can you give me your fire?"... Please, don't... that's way too erotic for me!

... port) we head down through the town. It is just beautiful. Tiled facades everywhere. A large part of Lisbon was destroyed by a tsunami in the 1700s and our guide points out places and areas that were devastated. We end up in a square and are told we have an hour to shop. Takes a bit of explaining for those with no brains (mmm... that would be the elderly Americans who want it all spelled out in REALLY BIG LETTERS, sorry to our ...

... It was a really good release and some refreshing "me" time. I definitely need to make a habit of that. At dinner, there were two of us at the table with the same birthday (his name was Gabriel too, actually) and the whole cafeteria sang to us over dinner. I asked him what time he was born and if he was older than me, but then we couldn't figure out the time zones so we never actually determined who was really older. Dinner was great; many more birthday wishes and the third song of the ...

... the weirdness and it's refreshing to see something actually different - I think I've had enough gothic cathedrals for a while. But don't gaze too much, there is still another city left to see... Largo Last one now - Lisboa. I got tired of the marathon, so I decided to just spend most of my time strolling aimlessly along the center. It was great to stumble upon some avenue I had been to in my first day in Portugal and note the difference. The difference in appearance ...

... haven is de duurste van Portugal volgens de pilot, daarom besluiten we voor anker te gaan. Er staat veel wind die nu uit de bergen komt en ook noord is. De weersverwachting is de komende dagen ook Noord, dus het zou moeten kunnen, het anker houdt goed. Morgen willen we meteen doorvaren naar Lissabon, om onder de brug door te varen en een haven te zoeken. Maar dan moeten we goed rekening houden met het getij, met opkomend water moeten we de Taag op en dat is van af 10.00 uur. Ondanks de ...

... 2) t-shirts - hair stuff to get a faux-hawk - 6-pack of chocolate milk - sandals w00t Leaving for France tomorrow afternoon! Not a long flight, so I'm hoping to get good quality peanuts at the very least. I won't be able to update the blog for at least a couple of days as it'll be pretty hectic these next few days. I'm sure I'll find a way to come online though. Gym time.

... made a terrific discovery - I can play foreign DVDs on my laptop! DVDs are encoded differently for different parts of the world, so I've wondered if I'd be able to watch videos. I was in a store and saw some cheap videos, and I bought a copy of "The Beach," with Leonardo DiCaprio. I got it back to the room, and it worked! Now I don't have to rely on foreign-language TV when I get bored, and I don't have to worry about finding a good book every time I travel - I can pick up a few ...