Pousada De Guimaraes Guimarães

... without the normal care and as we were going along we suddenly realized that the caravan had become detached. Fortunately the breakaway cable had worked. We reversed and reattached her, no harm having been done. We then had to do a 50 mile detour to get to the camp site. We spoke to other camper and caravaners who had had great ...

... 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.

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Kevin got vegetable soup and I got coriander (cilantro) soup. Mine wasn't very good - it was just water with oil, bread and cilantro. Once I had some of the cilantro, I noticed it wasn't alone in the bowl. Under the bread was an egg that had been cracked open and dropped into the bowl of soup before the bread was added so it developed a round, "sunny side up" style to it. Even after the egg was broken there was still very little taste to the soup, or so Kevin ...

... The roads were one lane in each direction and had lots of switchbacks which had very steep bits of land connecting them between levels.  Mysteriously, whenever we stopped we found cowpies but never saw any cows, nor did it seem likely cows would be able to make it to the areas.  I like to think they're left from cows past that used to graze on the hills before they were turned into roads.  No doubt even ghost cow poo would be smelly enough to cross between metaphysical realms ...

... amigáveis). Gente de todo lugar! Lituânia, Letônia, Polônia, Alemanha, Itália, Espanha, França, Grécia, Turquia, Cabo Verde, Serra Leoa, El Salvador e, é claro, Brasil.. E são muitos brasileiros. Todo dia é dia de festa nesse lugar. A residência de Santa Tecla nunca mais será a mesma depois da passagem desse povo estriquinado por aqui. De resto tudo corre bem, apesar da saudade (que nas primeiras duas semanas foi bem pior, mas agora já está devidamente administrada).

... Ponte de Lima dans un parc majestueux sous les platanes 5) Marche (foire marchande...pas facile sans les accents!) du lundi qui a lieu de puis l'an 1125 Top nul: 1) Marcher pendant 2 heures sur un bord de route style 112 ou 117 mais avec aucun accottement et des murs de Quinta en roche hauts et de 8 pieds de chaque bord 2) Ratter une fleche et se faire dire par une vieille madame que le chemin n est ...

So on thursday we came back to braga, again with another terrifying bus drive as we could see the drops in the light, Portugese drivers seem to drive in an invisible middle lane! However it did give some spectacular views. Once in Braga we found a room which is very nice and we got it at a big discount so even better. It is now draped with our wet clothes! Today we have ...

Campo de Geres is a beautiful campsite set in the middle of the national park with mountains surrounding it on all sides. Our time there was mixed, to say the least! First the highs. The Park really is stunning, the scenery is incredible, some of the most dramatic we have ever seen. Along with that it is full of wild life, we heard wolves howling at nightime, as well as seeing hundreds of lizards and birds. We had a brilliant hike, up mounatins through ...

... t guess what had been said by reading the text. I soon adapted to it, but still some things were pretty funny, especially the way they translated the bad words. :) And then there was an interval right in the middle of the movie, long enough for me to forget what was going on... Still I enjoyed the movie. The next night was the carnaval party, very funny to spend the carnaval in Portugal. :) But here in Guimarães all there was was this party on ...

... language, sounds almost Baltic/Russian at times) but people appreciated any effort we made. Quick example; asked a lady for directions after changing some travellers cheques, she locked up her booth, sparked up and fag and led us down the street to where we needed to go!!! Lots of smiles, people chucking in stuff for free/rounding prices down and other very hospitable acts. Food is great.. we love our fish and so do the Portuguese. Espada ...