Ipanema 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.

... gaan, maar dat komt grotendeels door de hardnekkige mist. Ik probeer weer een aantal korte video's te uploaden: de belboei bij Ramsgate, het hijsen van de vlag in Portugal, de vissen in de haven (we drijven echt in een aquarium) en misschien nog een paar andere stukjes.

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)

... we eventually found it (but caught the bus instead). We caught the tram back to the city centre and went for afternoon tea at the Majestic Cafe - all very swish. Tomorrow we have an all day excursion booked: upriver by train to Peso da Regua and then downriver on a ´typical´local boat (like those they used to bring wine/port from the vineyards to the warehouses in Vila Nova).

Till next time

Tony and Chris

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 ...

... and saw two coffee cups and a sandwich container on the floor and an angry woman with her hands folded across her chest. It did not look good at all. I had no idea what was going on but the English speaking flight attendant was asking around if someone spoke French. People who did speak French started shouting at this woman, and her husband was making wild gestures with his hands. I think to a French person it may have the been our equivalent of a ...

... we decided right away to stop there for a while. Large glass barriers protected us from the spray and the wind, but the sun shone down on us and we were warm and comfortable. We had coffee and croissants and soaked up the atmosphere. Soothing lounge music played. After a while the girls went to investigate the beach. Jess and I were able to watch them from our café, enjoying a second coffee and then a glass of vinho verde. After a relaxing time we could not justify ...

... for 17€ per person including a light breakfast. The small size of the kitchen, lack of a lounge and the presence of only one bathroom for the entire hostel was made up for by the witty, fashionable black and white design of the interiors which made our stay memorable. Somehow we had to find our way to the centre of the city, and the challenge ...

... Om drie uur s'middags naderen we Viana do Castelo. Wat is zo'n electronische kaart toch mooi om mee te varen. We vrezen voor de golven als we meer scherper gaan varen om de haven aan te varen, maar dat valt tot onze verbazing mee. De golven worden niet hoger of vervelender, maar de wind neemt wel toe. Voor alle zekerheid zetten we de motor bij, want bij het echte invaren hebben we puur tegenwind. We zijn net de golfbreker van de haven gepasseerd als opnieuw het alarm van het ...