- Sintra: The Mythical Land of Mist
One wouldn’t expect that you could get on a train at a functional looking train station in Lisbon and wind up less than an hour later in a mountain village that looks pulled from a painting on the cover a Posted by GregW in Greg Wesson's Esoteric Globe | Nov 16, 2009
- Hill goes up, hill goes down - Walking Lisbon
Portugal!
Unchained from my desk for a week, I decided to jet down to Portugal and Spain for a quick site-seeing jaunt. The first few days were spent in and around Lisbon.
L Posted by GregW in Greg Wesson's Esoteric Globe | Nov 15, 2009
- Sunny Sagres
Good morning from Sagres which some of you may know as the delicious beer and others as the most southwesterly town in Europe. Its the 15th of November and about 10am, and its warm enough to be wearing shorts Posted by DnAtravels in DnA Travels 2009 | Nov 15, 2009
- Heading south for winter
Hello there, hoped to have some adventures to report and am trying hard to think of some. Last post was written in Peniche but only posted today as wifi in Portugal seems to be a bit irregular. Peniche was amazing, Posted by DnAtravels in DnA Travels 2009 | Nov 8, 2009
- Passing time....
Howdo here I am in one of my favourite places which is my beloved hammock. I must admit that typing while lying in a hammock is not easy, and neither is knitting in a hammock, but you've just got to Posted by DnAtravels in DnA Travels 2009 | Nov 8, 2009
- BSB In Lisbon!
I’m on the plane now from Lisbon to Madrid, getting really excited to go home! We’re on the home stretch now. Last night was amazing! We got to the concert just after 5, thinking it started at 7, and we Posted by veggiepack in Europe 2009 | Oct 31, 2009
- Laidback Lisbon
We got into Lisbon, and took a bus to our hostel. The website said 20 minutes, but the bus ride was an hour. We’ve learnt that the Portuguese have no perception of time at all, as this was the trend Posted by veggiepack in Europe 2009 | Oct 30, 2009
- First impressions of Portugal
Bom dia I think! Wow Portugal is amazing so far. We're stayed in a campsite last night but are moving today down to a free campervan car park by the beach, why not? We're in Figueira da Foz about a Posted by DnAtravels in DnA Travels 2009 | Oct 25, 2009
- Portugal - land of dreams?
A quickie as have been catching up withlots of stuff while sitting in the tourist info office in Figuera da Foz, Portugal.yes we gave in to the weather and headed South and are now in POrtugal and its pretty cool Posted by DnAtravels in DnA Travels 2009 | Oct 23, 2009
- The Algarve
We arrived in Lagos around 11pm, but thankfully the place we booked for accommodation came and picked us up from the train station. The place we stayed was just like a mini hotel, (it only had 3 rooms to Posted by crantravel in The D & C World Tour! | Oct 3, 2009
- Porto
After the longest train ride ever we arrived in Porto Portugal. We went straight to the tourist info office to get a map and she even showed us where our hostel was (we had booked this one in advance). Posted by crantravel in The D & C World Tour! | Sep 21, 2009
- Salema, Portugal
The sun is shining and its not very windy today so I think it will be a hot one. We are really enjoying having an apartment - Leigh cooked his famous flat bacon this morning with bacon and toast Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Aug 29, 2009
- Salema, Portugal
Salemo is so quaint that there is no bank or ATM anywhere in the town. We found out last night that the closest ATM is at a golf course straight uphill outside the town about 1.5 kilometers. We Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Aug 28, 2009
- Salema, Portugal
Salema is a small fishing village on the south coast of Portugal in a area called the Algarve - we are in the Western section which is less populated. Salema is a very small village of about 600 people Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Aug 28, 2009
- Lisbon Portugal
We made it to Lisbon before six in the morning and to Travellers Point Hostel in time to drop off the luggage and go on a full day tour which included a city tour of Lisbon in the morning (9 Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Aug 26, 2009
- Less than a week for the great journey
Almost everything is settled for the great journey.
To celebrate my 30th anniversary I chose to comply at last two of my dreams: to watch the midnight sun and to visit the northernmost place in Europe, the North Cape region.
But I Posted by PedroSilva in Summer Trip 2009 | Jul 15, 2009
- Day 28
Oops a late start this morning as no one woke untill 10.30 am we decided to change our plans yet agan! We decided to go to a show in Jerez on tuesday so the plan changed as it was Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jul 6, 2009
- Day 25
After a night by the sea, we decided Kim needed to see a doctor. She had broken out in four cold sores, and had lumps on her face - looking prety rough!
We had a full english breakfast and sat Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jul 6, 2009
- Day 21 to Day 24
Lots of hoilday things in and around Alvor, then a night in a car park by the sea, enough said really. Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jul 6, 2009
- Day 20
Today the Girls, Uncle Ian and myself went to the "Slide and Splash" water park. The girls ran us around up and down every slide going while Kim and her mom had a relaxing massage down the beach (I Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jun 27, 2009
- Day 19
Today we got up and spent the day on the beach relaxing and playing around. Oh and by the way Happy Birthday Austy!!! Wish you were here! Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jun 26, 2009
- Day 18
Well we made it up the hill and out of the campsite, but unfortunatly never made it to the silver coast as we decided to head straight to the Algarve for a holiday......I think we deserve it by now!!!!! Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jun 25, 2009
- Day 17
Oh my god! What a night, if the getting in and parking up was bad enough trying to sleep through the locals private parties on site with screams and loud chants. At approximately 1AM, - 20 minutes of very Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jun 24, 2009
- Day 16
We did not get up as early as we were going to this morning after a restless night sleep as it was very very hot last night. After a little deliberation we decided we had had enough of the Posted by L.Richmond in Europe Trip 2009 | Jun 23, 2009
- Day 10 - May 13, 2009
This morning we leave CJ and Kristin Brown in Sevilla as we head back to Lisboa. We originally thought this was going to be a 7 hour drive. It turned out to be much shorter only about 4 1/2 hours Posted by alitabrown in Wine & Culinary Tour | Jun 18, 2009