Principe Da Beira Hotel Fundao

... a large chill out mat for the floor and three airbeds with inflatable pillows. The airbeds were quite a score because our Momo donated one had been used by lots of revellers throughout the week and somehow had sprung a slow leak. I wouldn´t be surprised if people had taken it for a paddle in the lake during the week. Momo´s queen sized bed didn´t quite fit in our three berth hexagon-shaped tent so we had to put it outside during the day. At night time you would pump it up ...

... able to hold back the impatience that by now is growing as fast as the Portuguese sun is rising on the horizon on our left. We've been on the road since a week ago today, it still doesn't feel real that Claire and I have actually left London for good...and there is still a whole month and a half before we'll enter Italy and take the car at my parents' house for a little rest. Stay Tuned.

... freshers around doing stupid things all over the place which was a little bit entertaining. The morning found us treking around town looking for the bus station with our packs on which sort of sucked. It looked similar to Salamanca, if not a little older and a little more run down, but most of Portugal has been like that so far ...

... of sheep up the hill to my left. The early morning sun softened the way everything appeared, and the scene reminded of a painting I had once seen. I continued my walk with a nice sense of peace, passing a lake that was so blue it took my breath away, a family just emerging from their campervan, and the ruin of an old ski jump. I was on my own that morning, just a few cars passing by, and I was ready...until I looked up at the mountain I was supposed to climb. It was steep ...

... out of Portugal, and many others. The indoors is all gold-leafed with Chinese motifs. Apparently influenced by the trading that Portugal did back in the day with China, the exploration, and when Portugal was gifted Macau by China many years ago. Portugal apparently had a lot of colonies in Asia centuries ago, so that was intersting to learn. The founding monarch Joao V´ personal collection. 3,000,000 in total. It was like out of a movie. Then I ...

... roçar no pinhal e o Fernando começou a roçar na serventia que era para pôr a máquina e a mesa para a bucha. o Zé Manel também apareceu com o equimamento roçante. Fizemos o primeiro ataque ao mato infestante e logo que a máquina pediu gasolina nós também fomos à bucha. Eu levei um pernil fumado e cozido e dispensámos as outras buchas porque esta estava como romã. Retomámos a luta ...

... delírio. Devido ao trabalho do disco roçador são esmagados tojos, silvas, arroeiras, feno, serralhas, erva tábua, pequenas árvores e arbustos e até o mais subtil alergacão se sente impotente perante tamanha força destruidora. Após 3 horas de labuta, a cabeça roçante tem um treco e o mais credenciado roçador tem de interromper a roçagem. Por hoje fico por aqui, mas eu volto... U.Roçador

... s the man for the job! I have total confidence you'll get us home safely. Go Clem!" I said this because I had no confidence he would get us home safely. Rural Portuguese roads swing through small towns and are dark and perilous for even sober drivers. But, a positive word always helps. We made it to Adam's. Adam owns a very cold, studio-style, old mortar Portuguese house. It sits on a ring of giant, lush hills. The valley below gets stuffed with fog ...

... to the only place where children under 16 were allowed to play video games and they were only 5 cents each. Dylan: There is a big fair on in Mangualde, and, because it is a big celebration, children are allowed to play the video games. Raymond's Travel Page

Dylan: In the morning we had a big rush for the train. Our train was leaving at twelve o'clock, so we had to skip lunch and go to the station, but we didn't know that the time here is one hour back. Kit: We ended up an hour early so we had lunch at ...