Ibis Faro

... to head into London city to get to Gatwick) but since we landed at Terminal 4, we needed to get ourselves to Terminal 5 in order to get on the shuttle service to Gatwick (to do this, we were told to use a local bus, however even the locals had troubles identifying which bus one would catch from which stop as they keep changing them so often,

It actually took 30 mins to get from Terminal 4 to Terminal 5. When at Gatwick, we had problems identifying which was the ...

... discovering a gem of a local restuarant with amazing bbq chicken. 6 euro for dinner!!

The next day to fill in time before departing we looked at the Chapel of Bones, which was built from the bones of the monks from the local cemetary. Over 1200 skulls. Definite goosebumps eh!

... senkrechten klippen eingebettet. herrlich !
am abend wurden wir mit einem leckeren selbstgekochten nachtessen begrüsst. super fein! am anderen abend in einem herzigen restaurant direkt an einer lauschigen bucht und gutem fisch. Dazu üppige Zmorgenessen mit allem was man sich wünscht....das alles tat eben doch auch gut :-) (ah ja,und sogar nachrichten auf SF1 im tv schauen.hapimag ist ja ...

We arrived at the train station in Lisbon to learn that the best way to reach Gibraltar, where the ferry leaves for Morocco was by bus...well we were already at the train station and didn't want to go back to the bus station so we booked a train in the right direction and got on board. Later that ...

1540.a alates omandas Faro linnaõiguse. Selle kuldne aeg möödus 1596.a hispaanlaste võimu all olles, mil Earl of Essexi väed (olles teel Hispaaniast Inglismaale) rüüstasid ja põletasid linna ning vedasid kaasa hindamatuid teoloogilisi teoseid piiskopi paleest. Need teosed asuvad nüüd Oxfordi Bodleian raamatukogus. Rüüstatud Faro ehitati taas üles ning oli juba jõudnud kujuneda üsna edukaks, kui teda tabas 1722.a maavärin, mille järel saabus ka ...

Esialgu olime broneerinud 3 ööd looduslikult kaunis kohas, Quarteira lähedal, kuid viimasel minutil helistati meile, et hotell on ülebroneeritud ja meile pandi juba kinni samas hinnaklassis teine hotell. Quarteira sai linnaõiguse alles 13. mail 1999 ning seda oli ka näha, sest linn oli üsna v ...

... br>Samuti oli just Lagos see koht, kust 1578.a läks Dom Sebastião koos Portugali, Hispaania, Hollandi ja Saksa "õnneotsijatega" (ingl k buccaneer) Põhja-Aafrikat kristianiseerima. Milline kül oleks Aafrika täna ilma selle sündmuseta..?

Praeguseks oli jõgi suhteliselt kokku kuivanud, linn väsinud. Tegime seal väiksed tiirud vanalinnas, jõime (laste)kärarikkas kohvikus cappuccinot ja soetasime paar köögirätikut.

... area and he's given me directions to the youth hostel. I get in and we go to the quickie mart where I get some beers. He than drops me off at my hostel. I tell him (Antonio) I'll come by tomorrow night and see him. Next thing to do: hand wash all my clothes. Okay underwear and socks. It's been a while and I'm going to take advantage of the fact that I have the 6 bed room all to myself. It's also a great activity to do as you drink beer.

... On this trip I have been only too aware in the back of my mind of my high school French teacher of four years (Christina Zingarelli, trivia buffs) cackling wildly at the problems I now find myself in before returning to her eternal task of shovelling coals into one of Satan's furnaces. I know she is there, I spent four years sleeping through her classes and the vision was always the same. It is timely to offer an apology to those trying to follow our ...

... through the marina channels and checked out some of Alexandra's sea grass research sites - particularly those effected by the propellers of stink boats that churn through these waters. Despite the airport dumping planes above and the waters around looking like they would see pretty high boat traffic, it does look quite healthy. The storks that nest in ...