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La frontera
Cette frontière ressemble à une vraie frontière, après les étendues désertiques à l'approche de la ligne, cette terre qui devient sèche comme un paysage mexicain, seules les plantations d'oliviers rappellent qu'on est au sud de l Europe. Les anciens bâtiments des douanes sont encore là imposants et froids et on a une pensée pour ces millions d'émigrants qui chaque été sont revenus au ...
Portuguese Snow
... back again. You could, however, from the ski lift, see a large area in the distance that was sculpted with fake snow and covered in snowboarders and skiers. It looked like you’d to the top, turn around, and before you know it you’d be flying uncontrollably toward the bottom of icy death hill. This was no powder, my friends.
It was great to be in the mountains, snow or no snow. I didn’t bring my snow pants to Europe, ...
Pigging Out!!
... an invite to a Goan rave for New Years Eve.
Lugging 5 kilos of clothes and another 25 kilos of my mother's finest homemade delicacies into my new home, I greeted my new flatmate like a typical Indian chap - shy, yet formal handshake. And a small hug. I was yet to learn the Portuguese tradition of schmaltzy greetings.
A small welcome dinner was planned by the 2011-2012 Magellan class. I was exhausted; but decided to ...
Star-shaped fortress in granite landscape
The route gets less hilly after Guarda. Landscape is changing as-well. Many big rounded granite blocks are scattered around. We have two parts of the route this day which are displayed online but not in the paper maps. We risk it and profit from a brand new tarmac road.
Designed on military grounds ...
Rolling down again
... Our road is parallel to the motorway and is partially quite crowded.
In Guarda we encounter for the first time that hotel rooms are taken. We are successful at the third try ("Beira Serra", a quite run-down place, shower on the floor).
We enjoy the visit in a brand-new cinema (English with subtitles) in the Guarda shopping centre. We are the only visitors to this film.
route link, 43 km, 690 m altitude net
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