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So what did we learn about Portugal?
After the chicken, we carefully made our way back over the slippery tiled cobbled streets back to our hotel for […]
The little red tram that could
Today is our last day in Lisbon and indeed Portugal, and we were determined to get on that damn tram! […]
Top Tour Guide
This morning we were tour guideless until this afternoon, so we had the day to wander at our own pace […]
Fado
The search didn’t take too long as Lisbon is all about the Fado. Fado is a music genre that can be […]
Sintra with a local
We arrived at the front of our hotel this morning to find our lovely friend Fernando waiting for us – […]
L is for Lisbon
Lisbon. Capital of the biggest city in Portugal and one of the oldest cities in Europe (and therefore the world) […]
Surfin’ Safari
Our fabulous hotel in Coimbra was Quinta das Lagrimas. We arrived at the gate cause they don’t let any old […]
School days, school days
Well if we thought yesterday was a ghost town – check this out! You couldn’t even see across to the […]
🎵 Lining up is hard to do 🎵
Yesterday marked the last day of summer holidays for the Portoians – back to school, back to uni and back […]
Valley Girls
What a massive day! We got up at the absolute crack this morning as we had a tour guide picking […]
We’ll be jamon
Last night we headed out to find somewhere for dinner. Neither of us were very hungry so thought we’d just […]
A couple of Portuguese tarts!
We started the day off right with a couple of Portuguese tarts….. and yes, that’s right, they’re just called ‘tarts’ […]
There’s a port to starboard
We got up before the sun this morning, what with going to bed in the early hours of the evening […]
Ola Porto
23 hours of travelling and we’re finally in Porto, Portugal. Porto, and I’m guessing the rest of the country is […]
The Shell Collection 