Lagos
24 aprile 2017, Portogallo ⋅ 🌙 59 °FGot up a bit later than planned but still made it to breakfast buffet by 9am. Man, did they have a spread! Hams and cheeses and breads and pastries of all kinds, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs,Leggi altro
Got up a bit later than planned but still made it to breakfast buffet by 9am. Man, did they have a spread! Hams and cheeses and breads and pastries of all kinds, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs,Leggi altro
After lunch, hiked back to the hotel, jumped into the car and headed for Sagres (to the west) where Henry the Navigator had a school some 500 years ago to teach people how to navigate the seas. WeLeggi altro
Janet had a friend who had been to Saleema, so we took the side road into this little beach town. Pretty beach, surrounded by tall hills. We walked on the beach some and then Yelped it again to find aLeggi altro
The cromlech of the Almendres located in the Iberian Peninsula is a megalithic complex, one of the oldest in the world - 2000 years older than Stonehenge. Drive down a few dusty roads to find theseLeggi altro
Arrived in Evora around 3, just in time to check in to our hotel. Here's a cool video of the hotel which Includes the megalith site we were at earlier today!Leggi altro
Well, I'm falling behind on my journaling. Not too surprising - lot of drivng going on from Lagos - Evora- Coimbra - and finally Porto. Took us longer than expected to navigate the IC2 out of Coimbra.Leggi altro
Decided it was time to leave Coimbra to head for Porto. Thought we would make it in 2 hrs but the traffic was intolerably slow. The NC-2 is obviously a truck route. Someone also got clobbered on aLeggi altro
Spent the day chasing down all the major sites in Porto. - Lots of churches - more food - beautiful day. Will catch up in a bit with this. Fado music - port wine tasting - lots of tiles - everywhere!
Today was a bit more relaxing. Woke up a bit later - probably didn't leave apt till about 10. Tried to wash some clothes last night. Noticed that someone had unplugged washing machine which we thoughtLeggi altro
Got up early, walked over to parking garage and picked up car and headed out. No hassles on getting out of the garage. :) Plugged in Nazarè as our first point and off we went. About 145 mile drive toLeggi altro
M - for ME!!