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I did what tourists do: take a boat ride ;-)
... boat with scouts in it there was shouting and weaving ;-) yes I know, childish ;-)
I will stay here 3 nights, so I have two full days to look around, and if the weather stays that good I will take my sketchbook with me!
And if the weather turns to bad, I already spotted the local "Forum" shopping centre, kind of a Maasmechelen village type, but smaller, and in the center of the city!
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Port never looked as good
... that restaurant and went to the one next door just to find the same couple there. They were Portuguese South Africans and were on vacation in Madeira. Mary and Gregg were friendly and we decided to have dinner together. With their help to translate I asked for the largest prawn (shrimp) they had. The waiter brought out a shrimp the size (about 10 inches long) of the plate. That was exactly what I wanted, for once I did not care about the price, which was a hefty ...
Music where you don't expect it
... what they were singing.
On our way through the Alentejo region we saw some really old windmills that we used to develop power. All of these windmills were in bad repair, but you still get the idea. When we were in Lisbon I saw several blue tiles in that had these windmills on, now at least I can say that I have seen the real thing.
For lunch we stopped and ordered 3 soups and 1 plate of fish. When the food came the fish dish was enough to serve all 4 ...
Once in a lifetime magic happens!
... book to ask about a restaurant, which immediately set the two men in what sounded like a heated argument about what the best place to eat was. This became really heated when the proprietress joined the conversation. We missed Izak's translations, but Johan would have made him proud, we used words, non touristica, and tradicional. I ordered a glass or port for each of the men. The proprietress signed that they did not drink port but red wine, she poured it for them and ...
First class pig
... could not let it go to waste. We never ordered dinner, but we received a massive plate pork, a green salad and fresh oranges. We thought there was no way we could finish it, but before we knew it the plate was empty and the waiter brought some more, without us asking for more. The light salad and oranges perfectly balanced the pork. The skin was paper thin and there was minimum fat. This was served with a pepper sauce. It was great, and to date the ...
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