Our new, new best friend
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Stumbled across the Mercado de Bolhão whilst wandering around; It's Porto's version of the Mercado San Miguel, in Madrid.
Spent an entertaining couple of hours eating wild boar pies and drinking aLæs mere
Stumbled across the Mercado de Bolhão whilst wandering around; It's Porto's version of the Mercado San Miguel, in Madrid.
Spent an entertaining couple of hours eating wild boar pies and drinking aLæs mere
Porto train station is my new favourite station in Europe.
It is so good, there was a queue of tour groups today waiting their turn to go in and see it. How nuts is that?
....... You must try the Port!
We took ours with a chocolate cup. It went down very well, even though it was 10.30 in the morning!
How can two cities be so near and yet so far?
As much as Jane and I just didn't 'get' Lisbon, we absolutely loved our two days Porto.
It's full of character, quirky alleys, beautiful buildings and aLæs mere
We were chilling one evening in Lisbon when we received a message from some old friends in Woolaston (Tony and Wendy Franchina). They said they lived about an hour from Lisbon and would we like to popLæs mere
....... You must have a Portuguese Tart!
Lloydie's favourite.
You can make anything look good with pictures, but trust me, the majority of the places we saw in Lisbon were more akin to the last photo in the series than any of the others. All the travel shows sayLæs mere
This was supposed to be a little overnight stop on the way to Lisbon. But, starting with a pleasant surprise with our hotel, which was great, we then spent a lovely morning walking around the oldLæs mere
No, just our hotel lobby in sleepy Badajoz.
In fairness, the NH Gran Hotel Casino Extremadura is a gem, and tremendously good value. Highly recommended if you ever are in this part of the world.
Just look at the temperature on the train monitor at 7.00pm!
After the news that the San Marino F1 Grand Prix was being cancelled because of flooding, this picture was further vindication that we hadLæs mere
Rejsende So lovely!! Looks amazing there 😍