Rob’s Rambles ‘23

mayo - julio 2023

Adventuring through Portugal and northern Spain. Starting in Madeira, onto Lisbon, Porto and the Portuguese Coastal Camino, then across northern Spain Leer más

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- 23 may 2023
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitud: 85 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Graça 38.72153, -9.12506938°43’18” N 9°7’30” W
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Día 12
Belem.
23 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
When in Lisboa, celebrate with the best Portuguese tart, enjoy the Berado art collection at the Cultural Centre both in Belem and take a little trip to the other side of the river for a grilled fish dinner. The Monument of Discovery is a must.Leer más
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Viajero You found the sardines. Such small pleasures. I love mine.
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Viajero No cats napping there.
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Viajero Did you eat in the restaurant?
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Viajero No just stood in the queue… love ‘em. Into sardine tapas too!!
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- 23 may 2023
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitud: 39 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Graça Igreja de Santo Estêvão 38.712566, -9.12768638°42’45” N 9°7’40” W
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Día 12
Lisboa streets
23 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
I just love the streets of Lisboa. It’s such a mix of elegance and reality. Old women sell nips of cherry brandy from their door front. Minimarts are everywhere. Life begins at 10pm in many districts. Graffiti with meaning is everywhere. The art, fashion and craft are leading edge but comfortable.Leer más
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Viajero My pick of the day.
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Viajero Definitely 🇺🇦
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- 24 may 2023, 23:11
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitud: 89 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Graça 38.721523, -9.12491738°43’17” N 9°7’30” W
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Día 13
Sintra nightmare
24 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Have you ever been on a tour where a guest has been left behind. That happened to us today. We waited for 90 mins in the bus, cos all her gear was there and left!!! ‘Not happy Jan’

The nightmare that is Sintra, Lisbon. Too many visitors, poor guiding. Disneyland on Steroids, and Sintra was once the royal palace of Portugal until 1908 when the monarchy was overthrown!
I am not into tours or crowds and this was a shocker!! Advice - give Sintra a miss… or get a better get a local guide for just a few people. The story is interesting. First pics - the chaos, more to come!Leer más
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Viajero Oh well if that is the worst part of yr trip, it will still be pretty good I reckon!😂
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Viajero Agreed!
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Viajero It is fantastic, but from tomorrow I am on my own. It’s been great to be with Ro and Rod.
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- 24 may 2023, 23:30
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitud: 85 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Graça 38.721619, -9.12500138°43’18” N 9°7’30” W
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Sintra oppulence
24 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Sintra palace, Lisbon. The opulence of the palace is not reflective of Portuguese architecture. I wish we had time to walk in the beautiful gardens. and do a bit of hiking. I have been checking the news for our missing passenger but can’t find anything. 🤞🤞🤞. Talking of fellow travellers, the most interesting was Elgar, born in Latvia 80 years ago. Her family escaped as the Russians advanced in the mid ‘40s and lived in a displaced persons camp for 6 years before coming to Australia 🇦🇺. She says the Latvians are worried about Russian expansion. First Ukraine 🇺🇦 and then further.Leer más
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Viajero Too much sun on fair skin for some of these beauties.
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Viajero Neptune’s Gate: wouldn’t you have such a poise if you’d been forced to stand over the gate for all these years.
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- 25 may 2023, 20:53
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitud: 85 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Graça 38.721607, -9.12487738°43’18” N 9°7’30” W
Día 14
The Baixa- Chiado, Lisboa
25 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
I love this city, especially the massive squares, the narrow lanes, the trams, the street life and the friendliness. I love the elegance of the art and the traditional crafts. The RC church seems all pervasive. Once a colonial power there are positive links with the former colonies. I had great chats with Solange from Burel wool processors and fashion house and Carolina whose family run a renowned guitar shop. But the bra house and break-dancer win today’s Portuguese tart.Leer más
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- 25 may 2023
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitud: 84 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Socorro Graça 38.721505, -9.12492638°43’17” N 9°7’30” W
Día 14
Final day in Lisbon
25 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Photos say it all❤️🇵🇹. So it is onto Porto and the Camino. It was wonderful to share the ride with Ro and Rod 🙂🙂🙂
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- 26 may 2023
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 62 m
- Portugal Distrito de Leiria Óbidos Museu Municipal de Óbidos 39.36182, -9.15735139°21’43” N 9°9’26” W
Día 15
Óbidos
26 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Obidos - a walled town. Highlights of
the day were making it by bus and train to Obidos, walking the wall, a yummy Portuguese tart and decent coffee, and meeting Luis Filipe in his unique shop and museum. Celts, Romans, Visigoths and the Moors have held this walled village on a hilltop an hour north of Lisbon. The Portuguese first king, Alfonso kicked out the Moors in 12th century. In 1775 ‘The Earthquake’, which devastated Lisbon, took its toll. Two centuries later it was the centre for the Carnation Revolution which ousted The dictator Salazar. Today it’s a tourist hotspot, (ahhh) but the walk around the walls is great, even tho I am afraid of heights. Celebrated with a delicious coffee and runny Portuguese tart. Yum. Luis Filipe is a farmer, shop keeper and organic wine maker. His collection of goodies includes tiles made by children in trouble, condiments-I bought pumpkin and ginger chutney-and old shop stuff. I have included pics of ‘my house’ recommended by Chloe McConchie, it is fantastic straight out if last century🙂👍👍Leer más
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Viajero Suppose, once conquered
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Viajero Would be a haven for the victors. Walking the ramparts looks like the thing to do. Do you think this town’s prosperity is due to its agriculture, viticulture or tourism?
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Viajero Reckon it depends on tourism, but none of the street vendors live in town. Not sure where the farmers live, but again the soil is good round here! It is in an ideal place for a fort, but I would hate to be on rampart duty when the hoarded were marauding!!!
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- 26 may 2023
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 57 m
- Portugal Distrito de Leiria Óbidos Castelo de Óbidos 39.36285, -9.15711539°21’46” N 9°9’26” W
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Obidos evening
26 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Obidos by evening is a new town. I know the community depends on tourism but it is so much nicer without us. I love Casa d S. Thiago dos Castello just below the castle, the tiled walls, tapestries and tiny sitting rooms are delight. The bedroom and bathroom are from another time. Met some fun Americans and had a delicious grilled sea bream at a great restaurant, no Aussie wine to be seen!. Wandered into a delightful art shop and the girls were terrific. The castle is lit by night and the town is quiet.Leer más
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Viajero This girl is so wonderfully weird.
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Viajero There was such a good vibe about the place and it comes thru in the art!!!
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- 27 may 2023
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitud: 86 m
- Portugal Coimbra Praça da República 40.210533, -8.4195340°12’38” N 8°25’10” W
Día 16
Coimbra - from Fado to footy
27 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Coimbra- Another day of totally new experiences. One of those is seriously discounted train and bus fares and entry to some museums for us oldies. I caught the train ( with my discount) to Coimbra, an old university town once the capital of Portugal. It has a feeling of solidness and I like it. My hotel, The Luggage is gorgeous and fantastically located, not far from the uni and the old city. Walking to my Fado experience I came across uni students singing, then on the way home had tea with the local footy fans in the market and their team Sagres won the finals. The town has gone nuts. Horns, firecrackers, dancing and drinking.Leer más
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Viajero I think Australians have a lot to learn from the Europeans about celebrating. Should be so much more than ‘beers and cheers’.
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- 27 may 2023
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 184 m
- Portugal Distrito de Coimbra Podentes Gateira 40.064693, -8.39483140°3’53” N 8°23’41” W
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Coimbra celebrates
27 de mayo de 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Just wandering home from town and I found a market, dinner and hundreds of footy fans glued to the big screen. The Lisbon team, Sagres won a major final and the town has gone nuts. They are in the gardens below the Luggage singing, dancing, honking horns, driving the streets and setting off firecrackers everywhere . Thought I’d add a few pics from my window and memories if ObidosLeer más
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Viajero Enjoy the Camino! Looking forward to seeing your journey
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Viajero 👍will do!
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Viajero The would-be ordinary platform tells tales through tiles.
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Viajero Given an hour delay we really appreciated the stories they told!
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