Internacional Porto

Portugal! I must admit that Portugal wasn't on my radar when planning this trip. I figured it was kind of out of the way and I didn’t really know what there was to see, but now that I am here I couldn’t be happier. Portugal is a beautiful country. We drove straight across it and through the hills to get to Porto and what a wonderful view we had the whole time. Avoiding the toll roads (AKA highways) means driving in the hills and through all the small ...

... say I looked ridiculous.

Things went well with checking my bag, although I admit I was a bit unnerved when the guy in front of me got pinned with 180 euros in extra fees (but I no longer minded how ridiculous I looked). The flight was generally better than I thought it'd be, as it was a nice plane, and not as cramped as I had imagined. What I didn't really expect though was the absolute bombardment of advertising for the entire duration of the flight. The ...

... 10 72;рдный конце 88;тный зал Casa de Musica, модер 85;истск& #1080;е фасад 99; на главн 86;й площа 76;и, и полур 72;звали& #1074 ...

... 1077; 88;певат& #1100; budget travellers - зато 15 евро за ночь!

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Гла& #1074;ная кулин 72;рная знаме 85;итост& #1100; Порту 75;алии ...

It really is a shame we already booked our flight to France from Porto. We could have easily stayed an extra week in Portugal, there is so much to see here. But we did pretty good with our 2 days in Porto. It's right on the river and the ocean, and on one side of the river are tons of cute, old tiled homes, that look across to the other side of the bank where all of the old Port ...

The next day we hit the road to Porto which was a substantial drive of about 5-6 hours. Luckily this is the day the weather decided to turn, so the bad weather was endured from the comfort of the car. We arrived late to Porto and checked into our less then elegant hostel. Our meal was no better. We ...

... stiess mein V**kleidungseif** leid** nicht auf große Begeist**ung...hmmm, naja jedenfalls wollte ich die Elfenohren auch mal wied** ausführen und v**kleidetet mich also ein Biss**l. Die Freunde von Konstantin machten am **sten Abend in Porto zu**st mal ne kleine Fete zu Hause bei sich, wo wir dann auch hingingen und einen Mix aus Spanisch und Portugiesisch zu hören und zu sprechen bekamen. Anschliessend waren wir noch ziemlich lange tanzen in n** Disco die ...

... get back to the entrance and find an English-speaking version of what we had just tried to understand, but found the air-locked door immovable and the main entrance hall dark. We thought we might be able to understand some of the signs throughout the tour path, and in going that direction ended up at the back of the last, English-speaking, tour of the day. We were noticed right away, perhaps because the group was smaller, or perhaps ...

Time to go. But before that, time to say my goodbyes. Goodbye to the city, said by finally going to the Porto wine cellars which I had managed to somehow miss for the five previous months (and sharing two bottles with Matthias and his friend Andres); goodbye to the trip, said by packing my stuff and steering my mind towards the return; goodbye to the family, how to say it? The question of what I could possibly say or do that would make the parting suitable after being welcomed with ...

... hrs driving. We all got separated at one stage (was bound to happen) but managed to all met up further down the track, the french roads are not labelled very well at all. We arrived late that evening to a warm welcome from the rest of our crew - Hamish & Katie, Zeke & Jen, Paula & Digger. It was a great free camp site on the coast (water is freezing) in a forest. There was a free toilet and we had solar showers - they were great after not having a ...