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I did what tourists do: take a boat ride ;-)
... boat with scouts in it there was shouting and weaving ;-) yes I know, childish ;-)
I will stay here 3 nights, so I have two full days to look around, and if the weather stays that good I will take my sketchbook with me!
And if the weather turns to bad, I already spotted the local "Forum" shopping centre, kind of a Maasmechelen village type, but smaller, and in the center of the city!
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Port never looked as good
... me of the South African transportation workers that are on strike now. Not a good way to try an improve the economy of a country that is on its knees.
Always the strategist Ben had a glass of wine with lunch, and handed the car keys to Johan to drive us into Porto, he would take the role as navigator. We took the circle route around Porto and Ben made the mistake of thinking we came in on one side, while we came in from the other side. The city has two ...
Music where you don't expect it
... what they were singing.
On our way through the Alentejo region we saw some really old windmills that we used to develop power. All of these windmills were in bad repair, but you still get the idea. When we were in Lisbon I saw several blue tiles in that had these windmills on, now at least I can say that I have seen the real thing.
For lunch we stopped and ordered 3 soups and 1 plate of fish. When the food came the fish dish was enough to serve all 4 ...
Aveiro
... the constant effort of José Berardo in collecting and caring for objects of scientific, artistic, or historical or sentimental importance." Now if that doesn't sound interesting...... Now we are heading slowly south. Tonight we have to be in Lisbon to drop the car off at the airport and spend our last night before catching a red eye flight back to Amsterdam. Last day everyone. By the way, Lisa would like me to state, for the record, that she is an "excellent ...
Little Venice
... name with beautifully painted boats floating down the river which runs through the centre of Aveiro and its interesting architecture. Buildings, restaurants, hotels and houses all charecteristically of Aveiro and Portugal with bright colours and lots of detail.
My aim of the trip, set by a friend and heavily supported by my parents is that I try at least 10 new things, and/or ...
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