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    11. oktober 2024
    River Murray paddleSpain and Portugal 2024Rejsende
    Doha airport
    Plaza Mayor (main square) MadridRoyal palace MadridMadrid from our 28 storey hotelRoman aqueduct in SegoviaThe walled city of AvilaPont Luis 1 bridge in PortoOne for Johanna...Lots of buildings covered in tiles

    Porto

    11. oktober 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Hi All. We are currently in Porto in the north of Portugal after having landed in Madrid a week ago and started our bus tour.
    The flight over was pretty gruelling, but we had a good break in the amazing Doha airport.
    Madrid is big and touristy, but has some stunning buildings, both old and new. Porto is on the Douro River and the home of Port (the drink). All the streets and footpaths are handlaid cobblestones. Beautiful old buildings, many of them covered in hand painted tiles. Lots of tourists here! Tourism is Spain's biggest industry, followed by wine, then cork (yes cork). Bought a very reasonable bottle of Tempranillo at the supermarket for 1.5 euros, about $2.50 Oz, and that wasn't the cheapest one!
    The people in the tour group are all quite normal (just like us). Phew!
    Onto Lisbon today, then the south of Spain next week.
    We have both had a bit of gastro which is always problematic on a bus, but all good now.
    Hope everyone is well back home.
    M&C xx    Læs mere

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  • River Murray paddleSpain and Portugal 2024Rejsende
    Monument to the Discoveres, Lisbon
    LisbonPlaza de Espana in Seville, built for the 1929 ExpoA photo from our mandatory Flamenco show visitOlive groves as far as the eye can seeAnd againSeville cathedral. Absolutely jaw dropping!The mosque / cathedral in CordobaThe Alhambra in Grenada with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background.More olivesMuslim stucco carvings from 1000 AD in the AlhambraToledoThose Romans knew how to build bridges!3Some old codgers on a bus tour...

    Madrid

    17. oktober 2024, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Hi All. Back to our starting point in Madrid after a lap of Spain including Merida, Seville, Cordoba, Grenada and Toledo. Some amazing sights and very interesting to learn some Spanish history. They were occupied by the Romans until about 400 AD, then the Muslim Arabs to about 700 AD then the Jews then the Christians with much blood spilt along the way. Have seen vast tracts of olives and grape vines. Olives here are now planted very close together in rows, pruned to a maximum of 1.5m high, the harvested mechanically the same way they do grapes in Australia. Commercial vineyards here seem to have the vines grown without trellising. They just spread out over the ground. Must be a pain to harvest.
    Lots of amazing cathedrals with Seville and Coimbra the highlights. Unfortunately you get a bit saturated with the visits.
    The rest of the group is heading to Morocco tomorrow, we are flying back to Porto to start our walk. Weather forecast looks OK fortunately.
    Hope all is well with everyone back in Oz.
    C&M
    Fun fact: Madrid is the highest capital city in Europe and also the driest with less annual rainfall than Adelaide.    Læs mere

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  • River Murray paddleSpain and Portugal 2024Rejsende
    1Going up through one of the locks on the Douro River. A 35m lift!
    Vineyards in the Douro ValleyLots of cobblestone lanes and crumbling houses!A cork tree, recently harvested it seemsA lot of vineyards use rock posts (slate or schist??) as trellis supports instead of timber or steelA pillory. Lawbreakers were tied to it as punishment. Hence the term "pilloried"More vineyards...Lots of communal laundries. A big tank of water where you can wash your clothes free (if you're gameYes... more vineyards!

    Alijo

    23. oktober 2024, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Hi All. Nearly finished our week of walking around the Douro Valley wine region. It has been pretty trying on the knees and hips with some long steep ascents, even though the daily distances have only been around 15 kms.
    Had a coffee at Sabrosa where Ferdinand Magellan was born, the first person to circumnavigate the globe (in the 1500's).
    Perfect weather, beautiful scenery with the vineyards in their autumn colours, and the accommodation has been great, small hotels and guest houses.
    Back to Porto via train in a couple of days, then a fast train to Lisbon where we are staying for a few days including seeing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds playing in front of 20,000 seat stadium. Seems he is a bit of a cult hero here!
    Hope all is well back in the Antipodes.
    M&C    Læs mere

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