It was a curious sensation landing at La Paz Airport; instead of the pressure increasing as we landed, we could feel the pressure being let…
Arriving at the Madrid airport, we made our way to Hostal Jerez which was a about 100 yards off of Grand Via (and it’s metro…
A quick drive down the Douro Valley and we arrived in Porto. It was a bit confusing dropping off the car at the Campanha Train Station…
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…