- Bom Dia, chover então Ensolarado
After a bit of Rodoviario 2-stepping, or bus-changing, I arrived at the fantastic walled-town of Obidos. A totally cool place, with a lot to see, and a scary little-wall to walk around. Not to mention some pretty Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 30, 2009
- Mucho Mosteiro's
Felt like I was off to Catholic-school today :-). It's also chilly&damp, but I still had a good day. Traveled to Alcobaca to visit Mosteiro de Santa Maria, a place where the Romeo&Juliet of Portugal are buried.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoi Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 29, 2009
- Boa Tarde :-)
Today is Terca, > Tuesday, and it was a fantastic day. Although it started of cloudy/rainy, and I have a bad sunburn on my head!!
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/204639/dscn0 Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 28, 2009
- Cidade Real do Sintra
My last day in Lisboa, spent most of the morning between a travel-agency and a train-station, trying to nail down my trip out of Portugal on Mayo 8th. Turns out now I will have to back-track to Lisboa from Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 28, 2009
- Day 2 - May 5, 2009
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/208217 Posted by alitabrown in Wine & Culinary Tour | Apr 28, 2009
- Its all North and East from here
Landed in Faro and waited for Hywel, who was late. Then Hired a car, spending 200 Euros to take the insurance excess from e1280 to e96. Well worth it. Drove West, since we´re heading for Barcelona, bought chocolates called Filipinos, Posted by urchinjoe in From the end of the Earth | Apr 27, 2009
- Domingo em Portugal
Today is Domingo, > Sunday, and I am heading to Evora. This city has a distinct outlook/rural charm, so much that Lisboners look down on it's people, kinda like us and Newfie's.
I v Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 26, 2009
- Revolucao dos Cravos
Today was a National-Holiday in Portugal, celebrating the “Carnation Revolution”.
Had a great time relaxing with the city as they celebrated freedom/individuality. And surprisingl Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 25, 2009
- Mi muy Cansado :-(
After an efficient/precise and sooooo type-A journey with Lufthansa, and shared half-way with Julia and her husband Mark.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/204639/dscn0051.jpg thumb=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/204639/thumb_dscn0051. Posted by bojangles in Viaje a Portugal&Espana | Apr 24, 2009
- Dia 02 - Lisboa
Acorde 7:00, mui bem disposto para uma caminhada matinal.
Temperatura maralilhosa de 16oC, descubri que esta é minha temperatura ambiente ideal.
Comecei a caminhar pelos alrededores do Hotel, disfrutando da temperatura, dei um pasadinha num supermercado Posted by Ughitus in A Tour in Europe | Mar 27, 2009
- Dia 01 - Lisboa
A viagem Brasilia - Lisboa, foi muito boa.
Janta e café da manhão caprichado.
Sem contar que o avião estava com 1/3 de sua lotação, com muitas cadeiras vazias.
Eu me sentei na fileira do medio, do meu lado mais 3 poltronas Posted by Ughitus in A Tour in Europe | Mar 26, 2009
- Lisabon
Lehce drsne pristani v Lisabonu vystridala dvouhodinka napeti pri hledani zavazadel - kontejner s batohy asi 25 lidi se nekde po ceste zatoulal, ale nakonec byl objeven k nasi velke spokojenosti a tak jsme mohli vyrazit do hotelu. Cekani na Posted by keson in Peru a Brazílie 2009 | Mar 7, 2009
- Day 12
Bruno woke us as he left for work this morning and we slowly roused ourselves, cleaned, packed and kitted up. We were dragging our feet somewhat partly because we didn´t really want to l Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Feb 13, 2009
- Day 11
Hangover today....
Bruno and George showed us around Estoril, took us to a lovely place for toasties and helped us with all our shopping. I think we may have got the wrong fuel for the stov Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Feb 13, 2009
- Day 10
Wow, what a day.
Managed to rise and get some breakfast close to our grand residence for around €5 (and we even got some fruit!) then retreived our bikes from the garage and headed off into the sunshine. Blue skies, light Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Feb 11, 2009
- Day 9
We set off from A Coruña at our usual time of 11ish and headed South towards Portugal.
Today the weather gods were kind to us and the sun was out for most of the day. There were a few Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Feb 10, 2009
- Porto
Porto is the second biggest city in Portugal, but it's not even really that big! It had a small-town feel to it, there were churches everywhere. We were reminded quite often that Portugal s Posted by Suzy_Belle in Adventures in Spain and Portugal | Feb 7, 2009
- Lisboa
Lisboa, the capital of Portugal is a city extremely rich in culture and history, which I honestly didn't know much about until speaking with the locals. The language, first off, is so fascin Posted by Suzy_Belle in Adventures in Spain and Portugal | Feb 1, 2009
- Portugal
With out budget taking a hammering on account of too much socialising, Glenn (the Minister for Finance and Built Environment ie. budgets and accommodation) suggested to Bec (the Minster for Tourism, Sustainability and Health ie sightseeing, food and mingf Posted by TDL in The Departure Lounge | Feb 7, 2009
- Drinking Ginja in Lisboa
As a mini-break during the holidays, we jumped at a lastminute.com offer and went to Lisbon, Portugal for a few days. This was one of the first trips we took where we had no guidebook (actually we had one I Posted by dnaman in We're leaving on a jet plane... | Jan 2, 2009
- Waiting for the train
This afternoon I arrived at the train station in Vila Real de Santo António assuming a short wait. Instead I found the online schedule had been wrong, and I had just missed my train, and would wait another hour and Posted by jslabovitz in On the Road | Dec 19, 2008
- Coimbra – Portugal’s Student City
Following my parent’s path, I decided to choose Portugal for my scholarship. I applied to the famous in Portugal University of Coimbra and after four weeks of submitting my application, I was a happy Socrates Erasmus student. Even though it’s Posted by gmarta in My Rainbow's End | Dec 5, 2008
- Waking up in mystery
I wake to a warm morning and a thick head from last night’s wine. Pigeons careen overhead like geese. The flock of peacocks scrabble down the cliff of the canyon outside my little studio. Cars and trucks buzz from the Posted by jslabovitz in On the Road | Dec 4, 2008
- Vamos a paseo...
Vamos a paseo
pi pi pi
En un auto feo
pi pi pi
Pero no me importa
pi pi pi
Porque llevo torta
pi pi pi
That pretty much sums up Portugal. =) Our guide, Lehry, taught us this children's song, which is pretty much the equivilent of Posted by lacaba77 in Lauren's Semester in Spain | Nov 11, 2008
- SINTRA
ES UN TIPICO PUEBLITO DE CUENTO DE HADAS A SOLO 1 HR DE LISBOA, CON CASTILLOS DE ENSUEÑO, PARA TODOS LOS GUSTOS ALGO MUY INUSUAL, DESDE EL CASTILLO DE HADAS HASTA EL CASTILLO DE ARMAS DEL EJERCITO.
An enchanting little town Posted by wanderers in TROTAMUNDOS | Jul 24, 2008