Hotel Dom Henrique Porto

... 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.

... along with!

Met Daniel (German), Maria (Portugese), Julia (Romanian), Stanley (Bulgarian), Dominica (Polish). Its an amazing athmosphere.

After having a chat with Gitau he took me to his university and showed me around, then I caught the metro from IPO to the other side of the bridge in the city. I walked down to the wine cellars and sampled some amazing Port wine (Porto hence the ...

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 ...

Here is a picture of Donna that I would be avle to take every day that we are traveling to another city.............as you can see she is an avid sightseer!!!!


Also attached is todays daily explosion...................IS it getting worse or better?????

... keeps warning us that when we get to southern Portugal and Spain the weather will be much warmer. Beautiful 5 star hotel tonight...going to a dinner of roast orange duck...any bets as to what Wendy will be eating?..Check out the pictures of our day in Portugal!..Adios (Don't know how to say goodbye in Portuguese)

Guess this is the wind down point after two months on the road before I headed back to Ye Olde London town which is probably why I haven't much to report. With a little over a week in Portugal I doubt I did the country justice and only touched the surface. I hit the little hostel which was new and a little inexperienced at it as they had quality ...

... later I had a 1.5 liter bottle of water in my backpack. But they weren't done with me...the box of pastries they were sharing was on the counter and they insisted that this wayward traveler take one. I must have made a surprised look because one of them in a floral dress and white apron said in English, "is free, take." I couldn't believe the hospitality while I was enjoying that delicious pudding filled donut with them. I said my one word of Portuguese ...

... kisses when I show up. They had gone a river cruise of all the bridges in Porto. I tell them I'm going to the beach. They're shocked that there is one and I know how to get there. I tell them I just use public transport. OOOOoooo. They haven't grasped the concept of public transport in foreign countries. There loss. I get to the beach and fort and pay my fort entrance fee (1E). It's a nice view but honestly wasn't worth it. I meet this guy who's an amateur photographer. He ...

... Not only did he stick around, but he convinced me to sneak inside the church and take part of the ceremony. I wondered how he thought we would blend in with our tired jeans and sneakers, among guests who were exquisitely dressed. Nonetheless we sat inside just enough to see the bride walk in with her father (which ...

... onderwatergelegen rotsformaties het zeilplezier nog een spannend tintje geven. Maar het verloopt vlekkeloos, we hebben weer de wind mee en lopen zo een 6.5 knopen naar Vigo. Een giga stad voor Spaanse begrippen. Geweldig zo'n stad aan te varen en al zeilend te worden opgenomen in het geweld van zo'n wereldstad. Maar dan ook alleen door de electronische kaart vinden we onze weg via allerlei terminals naar de verenigingshaven van de stad. Vigo is een vreselijk oude stad die tientallen ...