Praia Norte Peniche

... firm that sold motorhomes, caravans and accessories. As we have a need for fresh supplies of exciting stuff like toilet fluid we went in search. Having driven 30 miles we found it tucked down a side street with three motorhomes, four caravans(one rusty) and one bottle of toilet fluid. Result! Following on this success we visited the walled town of Obidos that was traditionally given by the King to ...

In the morning we went to Obidos, an old castle/city. There was a medieval festival the day before (just ended the day before or we would have seen people dressed in Medieval clothings!). Because of the end of the festival, we couldn't really go anywhere. So we ended up just climbing up a wall, took ...

... we had a beach to get to. And what a beach it was. The Praia del Rey hotel is situated on a beautiful stretch of coast lined with cliffs on the edge of incredible beaches that were almost always empty. Each time we went out to sand we were almost alone for a mile in each direction. In the five nights and days we spent along the Obidos area coast we sat by the pool and the osean, read books, napped, drank beer and wine and took the occasional evening trip to one of the local villages for ...

... etc. After roaming about for a good hour, we came back to the hotel to pick up our luggage.<br><br>On the way to Nazare, we saw signboards of Figueira da Foz so we drove that way to have a look. It was a lovely beach town &amp; a bustling port. Instead of taking the Motorway, we drove on the internal road to Nazare. We were overjoyed on reaching Albergaria Mar Bravo, our hotel. It was on the ...

After the gruelling bus journey we arrived in the small seaside tourist town of Penich. Known for its awesome surf and pretty vistas Peniche has a population of about 20,000 people and has a delightful town centre filled with narrow streets, tasty patisseries and all of it is within a stones throw of the cold blue atlantic. We checked into our hostel which was very cosy and rather like an apartment. We ...

... to Greece, Egypt, Turkey and maybe Israel. We are going to lighten our packs up considerably by going down to bare basics so we are much more mobile and able to go anywhere without the weight on our backs. Then..... India. Plans could change again after another tin of octopus. We did a photo shoot around the park highlighting its many attributes. Mono Loco accquired a new tail because i re-stuffed it with some old Hemp fabric and he is good as new. Plus, the ipod is ...

Wow, how can I begin! The last few days have been quite a whirlwind, but fun and amazing all the same. The conference finished yesterday (at 3 in the morning...) with a lovely banquet in an old castle (Sintra, Portugal) overlooking the beach. The food was wonderful (a type of seafood paella with curry, local port wine, all kinds of interesting appetizers, etc). Following dinner there was a reception with dancing, which is always interesting and ...

... by the architectural style of Westminster with a 6 hour bus ride back to Salamanca to look forward to, we could only spend a little time in each village, but at this other city we saw an antique flea market, complete with records, old postcards, old money (especially abudant since they use the euro now..), old radios and even a working gramophone!! with that, hasta luego, Portugal.

... the locals cheer on their favourite vehicle in the local car rally For you fashion girls - BRIGHT YELLOW is the in colour.  Doesnºt matter if itºs shoes, purses, casual wear or high fashion - yellow is it !! Weºre now staying in a small fishing village 2 hours north of Lisbon called Nazare.  We were very concerned about where the bus was taking us as nothing was looking appealing.  Then around the corner came Nazare - a beautiful little town ...

... and pot bouys (of which there are thousands). The journey was in glorious sunshine on the Monday but after a spectacular sunset and then sunrise the fog came in and we arrived in Peniche with aboout 100 metres of visibility. On arrival we went to see the harbourmaster who, after seeing our passports and ships papers said "does your name really mean the bird type chicken". He then proceeded to tell us that it was his name as well (albeit in Portuguese). He then ...