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- Eerste plan trekken in Porto MonizHoe het met die reisplannen begon? Ja, dat was voor het eerst in september in restaurant Peper in Utrecht. We kenden elkaar pas een paar weken. En Maartje vertelde me dat ze vastbesloten is om een grote wens in vervulling Posted by SandervdE in zelfde maar anders | Jan 2, 2011
- Bom dia LisbonLisbon, Portugal January 29 - February 5, 2011 Arriving in Lisbon, we flew low over a sea of terra cotta roofs, dotted with a few stone fortresses, all contrasted against the blue of the Rio Tejo. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/344998/6IMG Posted by bradanddeb in Brad and Deb: RTW 2011 | Feb 18, 2011
- Fall in love with Lisboa, PortugalHi everyone, finally I decided to open up a blog. Now it’ll be so much easier to update my life in Europe. I need catch up with what has happened in this past month. Hopefully I will finish all this Posted by pennyxinru in My European Adventures | Feb 3, 2011
- Home-Base Again ~ 14 to 21 Dec 2010Home Sweet Home in Avenida EUA, Lisboa. My precious friends fetch me from Sete Rios bus station, thank goodness, as I have a lot of baggage and my hands are falling off from the cold!! So much for Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Jan 4, 2011
- If This Is Tuesday, It Must be Oleiros - 14 Dec 2010Spent the morning tidying up my little goatshed room, home for the past 3 weeks. I can't believe I managed to pack all my things without my suitcases bulging like Billy Bunter! But I am bulging!! Feel like Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 21, 2010
- QdV - Olive Oil Tasting ~ 9 Dec 201037 litres of delicious, home-grown, flavoursome olive oil! A great harvest and up on last year's yield. Well done!! The Galega varietal is most often grown in this area. A small, round, black or brownish-black toned Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- My Last Free Day @ Quinta da Vinha ~ 12 Dec 2010I almost can't believe that the time to say goodbye is here. It really snuck up on me and I am ill-prepared!! It has been an AMAZING time here - thank you Steve. I leave with the Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- The Olive Press in Abitureira - 6 Dec 2010At last the olives have been picked at Quinta da Vinha and we are all excited to take them to the press. The harvest was good, collected 8 bags - this equates to 40 litres of olive oil. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/332419/Us_delivering_olives Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- Quinta da Vinha deserves a few more pages!! I have tried as best possible to keep my blog all neat and tidy...the perfectionist in me...but I believe that has been healed!! So here are more random pics of my time there, shared with Steve (our host), volunteers Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- Lunch in Estreito ~ 5 Dec 2010Steve treats us to lunch in nearby Estreito. It was a cold and rainy trip into the village - Richard ever gallant and decent on the back of the bakkie. Our proprietor at the restaurant seemed to be Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- Nature's Splendour at Quinta da Vinha ~Dec 2010These are some of my favourite pics of the natural beauty here. My close friends know how much I love the mountains, mist and rainy weather. In the Serra di Estrela I sure got my fill. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/332419/and_the_cl.._valley. Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- The Locals From My Favourite ValleyHere are some of the wonderful people I have had the good fortune to meet. Each one brings a gem of memory! Thanks for our time together, no matter how brief! [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/332419/Senhor_Fer..machine.jpg thumb=http://photos.tra Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- QdV - more work projects Nov & Dec 2010Here's some more stuff that we have all been doing on the quinta. Each day brings good progress and we all lay our heads down at night, satisfied and content.....and sometimes spinning a bit from long "kuier" hours in Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- Amieira ~ Picking Olives with the Neighbours ~ 11 DecThis time is right up there with my best Portugal experiences, without a doubt. Steve asked if we would like to help the neighbours, José and Eugenia, pick their olives. We started at about 9:30 on Saturday morning. Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- Felgueiras, the Abandoned Village ~ 3 Dec 2010Just down the way from Quinta da Vinha is a stunning village that, after it's last surviving resident passed on some 10 years ago, has been abandoned. We have taken 2 trips to show the volunteers this lovely place so Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- Snow!!!! 29 Nov 2010It has taken me 54 years but I have finally experienced snow 1st hand!!! I was still cosily tucked up in bed, in my little goatshed room, when I heard Steve calling me - unusual as he allows his Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 20, 2010
- And she's off again! QdV here I come! 19 Nov to 13 Dec 2010What can I say!! I left my heart in the Serra di Estrela! Or I am a bugger for punishment, willingly going back to pointing walls, cooking, cleaning, baking and all that fresh air, stunning views, fun hosts!!! I Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 19, 2010
- Things I dislike about LisboaAs much as I am totally in love with this place and now consider Lisboa to be my home (at least until I reunite my body with my heart in the Serra di Estrela!!), as with all big cities there Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 19, 2010
- This is weird, man!!!Can anybody offer an explanation please?? Taken with my mobile - 'scuse the quality but I have to share these pics of Teeta and Ninha in their favourite spot when we do our healing work. What you think???? [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/33241 Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 19, 2010
- Back home for a few days ~ Lisboa ~ 11 to 18 Nov 2010Well I didn't even get a chance to throw myself down on the couch and just be, when we were into a healing session!! I am back in Lisboa, full steam ahead. This is a week of workshops Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 19, 2010
- Quinta da Vinha, Abitureira ~ 3 to 10 Nov 2010Now I am truly in love....with the beautiful mountains, Serra da Estrela, in the central region of Portugal. These are the rolling green hills of my vision of 2001 I am sure! Follow my trip on the bus to Oleiros - Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 19, 2010
- Coimbra ~ 31 Oct 2010Thanks Annelieke!! So kind to give me a lift back to Coimbra and a place to stay for the night. It was lovely meeting you and to learn so much about permaculture! I was still feeling a Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 18, 2010
- Quinta da Mizerela, Benfeita ~ 28 to 31 Oct 2010I was only in Lisbon for 2 days and then off again.... Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 18, 2010
- Porto ~ 26 Oct 2010My journey back to Portugal on an airline that offers really cheap flights but well worth it for the cheap airfare, shall remain anonymous here, as I likened the inside to a cattle truck! It was a good flight Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 18, 2010
- Cascais ~ September 2010A day trip with my dearest friend Bilal - he was on his way there for business and I just tagged along. We had a coffee at the restaurant on the top of the cliff. The most amazing Posted by Gypsy Lee in The Journey Within | Dec 17, 2010
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