On the way out of Coimbra we picked up our newly formatted laptop (in English not Portuguese as we’d feared when they told us the…
We drove from Pedra D’Ouro to Coimbra stopping at the ancient city of Conimbriga – the largest Roman settlement in Portugal. Google took us in…
From Evora, our first stop was the castle of Almourol, a medieval castle (actually quite small) atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of…
We drove from Seville back into Portugal passing over the largest man made reservoir in western Europe formed by the The Alqueva Dam. We couldn’t get…
Driving for the first time on a toll road in Portugal, we were amused at the tweet emitted from the toll transponder as we went…
Arriving at 7:30pm to Uptown Bed and Breakfast, Lagos (just north of the old city walls) we were greeted by an enthusiastic owner Fernando, who walked…
On to the next phase of the trip, by car; a dirty Peugeot 108 little “beep beep” car with a broken antenna from the Lisboa…
The hill town (think cold) called Sintra, is an easy day trip by train from Lisbon from the Rossio regional train station. (Note: the Rossio…
Belem is a suburb of Lisbon located to the southwest of the city. Situated alongside the River Tagus, at the point where it meets the…
How not to start a trip: morning coffee as your bleary-eyed spouse checks his email and starts saying “Shit. Shit! SHIT!” As he discovers the…