Europe2023

september 2023 - juni 2024

Een avontuur met open einde van Mark Meer informatie

Momenteel aan het reizen

20Footprints
6landen
262dagen
197foto’s
1video’s
11,0kkilometer
8,0kkilometer

Volgen Kalender Delen Bucketlist

Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 15 sep 2023 15:09
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 56 m
- Engeland Isfield Isfield Railway Station 50.936157, 0.06744450°56’10” N 0°4’3” E
Dag 1
Alan and Judy Keys and the lads
15 september 2023, Engeland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Great time catching up
Zie vertaling
So great to see you both! We were talking yesterday and couldn’t remember where you were headed first so this is an excellent way of following your adventure. Enjoy every moment. XX [Pam and Brian]
18-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
2 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 18 sep 2023 06:27
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Hoogte: 25 m
- Engeland Hillingdon Harmondsworth London Heathrow Terminal 5 51.470823, -0.48424451°28’15” N 0°29’3” W
Dag 4
Porto departure. Adventure starts
18 september 2023, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Leaving for Porto from Heathrow.
Breakfast of porridge to start the day.
Zie vertaling
2 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 18 sep 2023 11:48
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 80 m
- Portugal Distrito do Porto Santo Ildefonso Porto 41.150467, -8.62672341°9’2” N 8°37’36” W
Dag 4
Porto stay Day1
18 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
DAY 1
Great day just wandering about.
19240 steps and not home yet!
Many sites we saw today. Mostly old buildings but also simple parks and river walks.
Cathedral on the top of the hill was pretty impressive especially when you find a concert cellist playing music for you.
Unusual MacDonalds right on the river Douro.
Quick visit to Grahams port house.
Nice dinner ambience at a Korean restaurant.
Home to room 20125 steps for Mark. Approximately 24500 for Annie!
About 17 km of walking with a giraffe!Meer informatie
Zie vertaling
2 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 19 sep 2023 12:46
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 70 m
- Portugal Distrito do Porto Vila Nova de Gaia (Santa Marinha)Bandeira Praça Ribeira 41.138176, -8.60912841°8’17” N 8°36’33” W
Dag 5
Porto Day 2
19 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Early start. Up at 6.30 planning the day
Checked out the Harry Potter bookshop (wands) and booked it for 2pm.

Cut through in front of the old municipal buildings after seeing the judicial court.

Went to the market. Amazing set of fresh fruit, meat, nuts, cheese, olive oil etc.

Headed to the river for lunch.

Spent a lot of the day on the south side with the port houses and a lot of walking.

Another major walking day of over 19km recorded. With 24500 steps plus (Mark) suggests overall about 22km. Annie Over 27700 steps and stuffed!Meer informatie
Zie vertaling
Thanks for sharing, like the photos and glad you guys are enjoying the trip. Portugal looks like a very interesting place. Hope Annie can keep up with you Mark. All the best [Hennie]
23-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
2 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 20 sep 2023 12:55
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 80 m
- Portugal Distrito de Vila Real Peso da Régua 41.162906, -7.803241°9’46” N 7°48’12” W
1 1
Dag 6–8
Douro Valley
20 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Strolled up past the music theater and off to metro to get car from the sorority after a few Car hire issues to start but eventually got away and drove up the Douro Valley. Once you get to the river the steep winery terraces everywhere are impressive with the river backdrop.
Quiet day - Portuguese tripe and bean lunch, seeing Pinhoa, a quick stop at a winery.
Out for dinner tonight.

Day 2
Rose early and relaxed with a great Breakfast provided by the hotel.
Then off to Vila Real where we went to Casa Mateus. Walk through the gardens and a bit of a history tour. Then looked around the old town and a couple of churches.
Back to Lamego an old town on the other side. Famous castle and cathedral but only the cathedral was open. Great Vista and enjoyed the self appointed challenge of climbing the 600+ steps 2 at a time.
Drove the back roads all day which was great for seeing the countryside.
Dinner out pizza and salad.Meer informatie
Zie vertaling
Reiziger Can't beat Heinz beans and sausages!
21-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Reiziger You look very happy 💕
21-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Reiziger What was tripe like???
23-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
1 like
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 22 sep 2023
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Hoogte: 11 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Belém Universität Lusíada 38.697206, -9.192838°41’50” N 9°11’34” W
Dag 8
Travel day. Douro to Lisbon
22 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Bit of a quiet day for activity as we left the Douro Valley early to get back to Porto, metro to town and train south. A planning day for what we wanted to do in Lisbon and a night cooking for ourselves.
I have to say that in these old towns of numerous criss crossing narrow lanes we are very thankful for google maps. It takes some getting used to driving on the right on narrow stone enclosed lanes!
The first picture is crossing the douro river as we left. The train can travel at up to 200kmh so pictures are difficult.
Mostly agricultural land and towns.
Last picture is the Praca do Comercio right on the river in the Centre of town. We took a bus out and it took over 10 minutes to go 1 km during the rush hour!Meer informatie
Zie vertaling
3 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 24 sep 2023 13:17
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Hoogte: 345 m
- Portugal Distrito de Lisboa Sintra (São Pedro de Penaferrim)Santa Eufémia Chalet e Jardim da Condessa D'Edla 38.788067, -9.40078838°47’17” N 9°24’3” W
1
Dag 10
Lisbon
24 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Roamed around the different paths of Lisbon City.
It was a national celebration day today which meant everywhere was busy.
The central town has a lot of history. Again negotiated lots of historic sites, read the history and navigate the narrow streets. It for dinner in a nice corner of town trying the traditional sea bass.
10km walking

Day 2. Picked up a car today and headed for Sintra. Saw the castle Pena, did a walk, strolled the old town and then visited the National Palace. After that we went up to Obidos, which is an old fortified village - i walked the walls while Annie had a cider!
Then we went to view Nazare north beach for Daniel. No surfers out today but the waves were 9ft plus. Home to cook dinner and watch a movie. I'll have to upload a picture from the proper camera later for the surf beach. 15700 steps for Mark.Meer informatie
Zie vertaling
Reiziger What a fascinating place to visit Mark
23-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Reiziger You’re both looking well-great to see x
23-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
Reiziger Lovely photos reminded us of our visit to Lisbon
24-09-2023ReagerenVertalen
3 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 26 sep 2023 17:30
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 531 m
- Duitsland Bavaria Munich Marienplatz 48.137113, 11.57538248°8’14” N 11°34’31” E
Dag 12
Munich
26 september 2023, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Flew from Lisbon via Madrid. Overnight with Agnes and her parents Theo and Rita.
Wonderful dinner and great to catch up again, and a great nights sleep.
Zie vertaling
3 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 27 sep 2023 16:00
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Hoogte: 1.180 m
- Italië Trentino-Alto Adige Renon Daunenstep Ortlkopf 46.52092, 11.426846°31’15” N 11°25’36” E
1
Dag 13
BOLZANO AREA
27 september 2023, Italië ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Drove a scenic route from Munich to Wolfsgrubenersee with the Kebers. Lots of information on the mountain ranges and history from Theo as the borders in this area changed so much. The southern tyrol area people mostly speak a German dialect but the area was taken over by the island after ww1.
We just enjoyed the company of friends and the sites for the day.
Lot of time in the car.
Only 3.5-4 km walking
The second day we went up the mountain and viewed the national park from a scenic walk. Then used an old train and a major cable car to visit Bolzano/Bozen township.
Great meals and wine each night.
Nice walk around the lake and a swim in the lake 16 degrees!
Walked 19km today!Meer informatie
Zie vertaling
Reiziger Great photo!
13-10-2023ReagerenVertalen
4 likes
Reiziger Europe2023
- Reis weergeven
- Toevoegen aan bucketlistVan bucketlist verwijderen
- Delen
- 29 sep 2023 03:40
- 🌙 18 °C
- Hoogte: 14 m
- Italië Friuli Venezia Giulia Trieste Museo della Comunità ebraica di Trieste 45.649324, 13.77560445°38’58” N 13°46’32” E
Dag 15
Trieste
29 september 2023, Italië ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Drove down to trieste on our way to Croatia. Mostly through some narrow country roads and then an autobahn.
Managed to see the old town by walking around and following a gpsmycity online walk.
Nice apartment and then pizza for dinner.
Walked about 8.5kmMeer informatie
Zie vertaling
3 likes