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My exchange of gifts with Portugal

A travel blog entry by alicetin

July 11 was an extremely long day - the group was to meet at 7am halfway across the city from where I lived. I woke up on time, ate my breakfast, but before I left I realized I was missing my sunglasses (the very ones that I had gotten for free from spring fling.. and yes, they say Tufts class of 2011 on them hahahaha) so wasted a few minutes …

Vamos a la playa, amigos

A travel blog entry by alicetin

on the second day, we saw the Monestary of the Jer�nimos, where the body of Vasco da Gama lies - it also had really beautiful cloisters, which were designed in the Emaneulian style. Three different architects worked on it, so the three sides have slightly different styles. Also saw the discovery monument - a Portuguese man holding ship is at the …

Moving along to Lisbon

A travel blog entry by katieandrod

We headed into town for a bit of an explore around this morning. It was raining again – so much for the theory that now that I'd bought an umbrella I probably wouldn’t need it! Coimbra is another really quaint town – lots of cobbled streets and really old buildings. Being on a hill, the streets are quite steep and when combined …

Last Days in Lisbon, Ola Sevilha

A travel blog entry by tanya.lesiuk

... I'm not sure if you know what I am referring to but it is one of those moments where you are somewhere, say a market place that you thought you were only passing through, and then you take a moment and a voice inside you says....... so this is my day. It is the moment that you are content with letting the world around you change your plans, it is quite beautiful when you just go where the wind blows. ________________ Tonight I travel to Spain where Flamenco and tapas ...

Two days at sea

A travel blog entry by ccaraian

Two lovely quiet days at sea followed.
We sleep in, sometimes have breakfast in our room, read and dress up
for dinner at 8. We have been given a regular table for two right at
the rear window, so we can watch the wake and the sun setting.

After dinner we go dancing for half an
hour (we've been taking classes and are working on our fox trot, cha
cha, salsa and rhumba – all very ...