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    • ReizigerPart A - UK and Lisbon
      Dag 41

      Brisbane + Melbourne = Lisbon

      20 juli 2017, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

      Some time ago a friend told me that if she could pick Brisbane up and plonk it in London or Paris she would be the happiest girl alive as it would be a city that provides her the comfort of home and the culture that Europe so constantly delivers (and yes London is still Europe...for now...).

      I am a huge fan of both London and Paris but I think her compass was slightly off the mark, because I would go so far as to say that I am currently staying in that Brisbane of the northern hemisphere, but to take it a step further and say that if the Portuguese didn't discover Melbourne I will be a monkeys uncle. The similarities are uncanny in many ways.

      In a single day here you can wake with a facial suntan because you didn't close the blinds (Brisbane you know what I am talkin' 'bout). Spend the day body surfing within an hour of the CBD in temps of around 30 degrees, walk past many intriguing but closed doors, only to hear the sound of people enjoying themselves behind them. Visit churches and cathedrals that rival any their neighbours, then catch the 28 tram back to the neighbourhood for some of the best food and wine on the planet. Like Melbourne in Summer the sun doesn't set until late (sorry Brisbane, you can't have that one..) and the night only ends when the sun comes up again.

      My first two days in Lisbane or should I say Lisbourne or just settle on the original, Lisbon, have been a home away from home in a strange way. There is a connection here that I didn't realise I would have, and after soaking it all up I am so comfortable tonight I have made a home cooked meal.

      So it's Boa Noite from me for today and rest assured, I plan to get myself into something behind one of those doors any old day now!      Meer informatie

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    • ReizigerPart A - UK and Lisbon
      Dag 45

      Halfway

      24 juli 2017, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      It's hard to believe I am now about to wrap up part A of my trip and start to think about what part B might bring.

      It is the halfway mark. I left home 5 weeks ago, excited, fearful, sad, nervous, and feeling pretty much every other emotion there is a word for. Social media is a wonderful tool for keeping in contact with people near and far but it can also provide a slightly distorted perspective on reality if you take it only on face value. Generally, people choose only to share the good bits and from that it is easy to think that every day is sunshine and roses particularly when people are posting fabulous holiday snaps.

      Don't worry this story is not going too far south, but I will say it has been deeply personal for me and not a single day has passed that went exactly to plan, and my photos from this trip have been missing someone who has been with me every step of the way in previous trips for a very long time. I won't pretend I haven't rattled around a bit this past month trying to work out how to enjoy myself when travelling alone. Part A has had absolute highs and at times absolute lows. Just that constant reminder that no matter where you are and what you are doing, life will deliver its ups and downs.

      Today is my last day in Lisbon, it wasn't part of the plan. Technically I should still be roaming around the UK in my Campervan, but I overestimated the amount of time I would enjoy in the van and the sunshine and culture of Europe was calling my name. It has been a fantastic place to drop my bag and just soak up everything this place has to offer. It can never be done in just 7 days, in fact I am only now learning my way around my own ancient neighbourhood with the tight streets and few street names.

      Tomorrow I head to London for a few days to see some fantastic people who call it home and to get myself ready for Part B that starts on Friday. As my photos have shown I have been to some incredible places, eaten some amazing food, drank beer too often but above all, I have reconnected and been held up by old friends over here and even met new people who I would like to keep in contact with. I have also been supported incredibly by people at the opposite end of the world who have been on the end of the line more often than I can thank them for.

      What I think I always knew but have now had 100% confirmation is that places are beautiful, but in the end, it's the connection with people that makes everything great.

      So thanks England, I will always love you, and Lisbon, you have been just the tonic this girl needed to gear up for the madness that is going to be part B.      Meer informatie

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    • Laurie BestEurope 2017
      Dag 3

      Sintra

      18 september 2017, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

      What a great day ! We headed out by train to Sintra. It is a gorgeous city where the Portuguese rich and famous built their summer homes to be closer to royalty . We visit Quinta de la Regaleira the summer residence of the Carvahlo Monteiro family built in 1697. It is enormous with a palatial house , gardens and a chapel on the grounds. There are also two wells you can climb 27 metres into the ground and wander around underground caves and grottos. It's incredible. We easily spent 3 hours exploring before walking back to the centre of Suntra where we ate at a fantastic little restaurant which served pasteis de bacalhau , fish cakes made with cid and mashed potato and cooked til crisp . OMG!! The owner was awesome. Because we wAited a while for our food he gave us a glass of Portugals cherry liqueur called ginjinha. So good. After we grabbed the train back to Lisbon and took the famous tram 28 , an electric cable car all the way up the hill to our apartment . Soon we are off in search for supper . Tomorrow we grab our knapsacks and get the train to Porto in the afternoon.Meer informatie

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    • ReizigerPart A - UK and Lisbon
      Dag 40

      Crusader

      19 juli 2017, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      It was sometime around October 1995 when a vintage double decker bus loaded with around 20 backpackers on their way to Morocco rolled into Lisbon. The general feeling among the group was that we had no cares in the world for 6 weeks as we rattled and shook our way through the sunshine and discovered new places along the way. Recently while going through photo albums from that time, there were many great photos taken in Lisbon from all vantage points in the city. These were days of film photography when you had to choose your shots wisely as they were limited and you bought each photo when you got back home. I must have thought something of the place. Though my memory of the detail back then is faded I do distinctly recall being surprised by Lisbon and vowing to return again one day to really check it out.

      So here I am 22 years later and the opportunity to really check it out has presented itself. I have one week in an apartment in Mouraria, which remains one of the last parts of the city to maintain the traditions of life here. This is the birthplace of Fado music and it is still played each night in the rustic bars and cafes in the neighbourhood, for themselves, not the tourists. It's real and I am privileged to spend the week living like a Portuguese local. That includes hanging my washing on the line outside the window for all the world to see.

      But right now, I am going to also live like a tourist. I am heading down to the main part of town to soak up the memories of this beautiful city and to create some new ones. I am told the city has changed a lot in 22 years, but then again, haven't we all?      Meer informatie

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    • ReizigerPortugal, 26.06.21 - 24.07.21
      Dag 7

      Lissabon.

      2 juli 2021, Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Will Lissabon vo churzem wegem Covid no gsperrt gsi isch hesch du eigentlich nöd unbedingt id Stadt wele. Du hesch den aber nah ghe und hesch dich mir zlieb miteme churze Stopp in Lissabon ahgfründet. Ufm Weg mit em Auto zmitzt i die gross Stadt hanis den fascht echli bereut dassi ufen Stopp da i de Stadt eso bestande han.🤭🤷🏻‍♀️ Schweissgebadet hemmer üs is Verkehrschaos gmacht und hend den nach knapp 4h Fahrt au endli en Parkplatz gfunde. Zmitzt im Chaos ine hemmer s‘Auto abgstellt und sind den zFuess witers is Stadtzentrum. Will ich gnau gwüsst han was ich alles gse will uns mir nur „wenig“ Zit hend simmer vollgas dur dStadt maschiert oder bessergseit gspeedet und hend ganz all die Pünkt abklapperet woni han wele besichtige.🤓🥰 Lissabon het üs esooo beideuckt und gfalle. Eso e schöni, ihdrücklichi Stadt mit veraltete uns moderne Eggene, eifach traumhaft.🏙
      Danke für de Stopp in Lissabon & no es grössers Dankeschön dass dini Nerve mit mir nöd ganz verlore hesch, obwohl du würkli alle Grund dezue gha hettisch. Du weisch dass ich dich i so Moment no viel viel meh liebe.😆❤️      Meer informatie

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    • ReizigerPortugal 2018
      Dag 4

      Sao jorge Castle

      9 juni 2018, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Inside Castle town. The church is Santa Cruz I believe and there is St George again. The crest above the door, and the nifty way of hanging laundry with a bottle in the wall, a stick and there strings for hanging the landry.

      Kendra do you like the phone box??? there is a bit of blue on them.....for the Portuguese Doctor.      Meer informatie

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    • ReizigerPortugal 2017
      Dag 8

      Dag 7 Lissabon

      10 augustus 2017, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      De ochtend weer gestart met een ontbijtje om de hoek waarna we eerst naar Castello da Jorge zijn gelopen, wat vlakbij ons appartement ligt. Na enige tijd daar te hebben rondgelopen zijn we met een tuk tuk naar Belem gegaan, zo'n 6 km verder op. Het was een " levendige" rit. Daar hebben we tevens geluncht bij een loungetent langs de Taag. Daarna met een taxi naar de LX Factory gegaan, een oud industrie gebied waar allemaal winkels en barretjes en restaurants zijn in de oude fabrieksgebouwen. Einde van de maddag zijn we weer met taxi naar de wijk Alfama gegaan waar we wat hebben rondgewandeld en tevens gedineerd hebben. Daarna moe maar voldaan naar het appartement gelopen. Omdat we geen zin meer hadden om nog meer te lopen hielden we voor de laatste kilometers nog een elektrische tuk tuk aan en reden we Bente en Sterre voorbij die een ruim 150 meter voor ons liepen, waarna de tuk tuk toch stopte om de meiden mee te nemen, die al lichtelijk in paniek waren omdat ze dachten dat wij ze zouden laten lopen. In het appartement nog een lekker wijntje gedronken en heb ik met Bente nog een aantal potjes getoept.Meer informatie

    • ReizigerPortugal 2017
      Dag 6

      Dag 5 Quinta da Cascalhal

      8 augustus 2017, Portugal ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

      Vandaag maken we er een rustig dagje van aan het zwembad. S middags hebben Bente en John een ronde van ca 5 km gewandeld en savonds zijn we gaan steengrillen bij Aitze en Gonne met lekker ossenhaas....Meer informatie

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