Guarda, Portugal

Easy 24hr sail to Sao Miguel. The port of entry is Ponta Delgarda which is the largest city in the Azores group. The marina is recently built in conjunction with a cruise terminal and is starkly modern in comparison to the city. The town is a mixture ...

... with baskets & potatoes on their heads, washing clothes in streams etc Climbed up mountain roads ro Guarda, highest town in Portugal, thenedged along the sides of the mountains towards Coimbra. Roads incredibly bad - huge potholes & corrugations ...

My uncle and my aunt came to pick us up, at the arrival of the train (before 6am). As we wanted to have a coffee with a delicious Portuguese pastry, but as the coffee shops were not yet opened, we went to see the sunrise from the front of the cathedral.