EliBoudreaux

Day 11 - 12 - 13 - 14: Lisboa After our nice cocktails the night before we got up...again...too late. Nevertheless we got the chance plan Lisboa in the late morning. Lisboa is too elaborate to talk about actually....this is a city that deserves a 10 out of 10! Absolutely! And you should visit it to see it yourself! Beautiful.... Anyway, we met some nice, be it alternative, people from poland and some nice girls/guy from Leuven there. One of them was crazy after one cocktail, the other one started to put ice cubes down my blouse...again after one cocktail..and the third one had a nice smile and was really funny. The bodyguard, Jonas, was probably one of the most relaxing guys I met and he just lingered around the girls just being dry.... Again...after to ... read more

Day 9: Alcobaça - Batalha - Fatima This was my first experience in a youth hostile...sleeping there isn't as great as the brochure tells you. First of all it's quite expensive in comparison with a camping site, about €13 per person per night. A camping in the same price range gives you a view of the city marina, a so-clean-sanitation-block-you-can-eat-out-of-it, a swimming pool, a miniature golf park, an overpriced supermarket and a wall you can crawl over in the middle of the night. And please I dare you to say that is has a clean, nice bed, I have nice and clean sleeping bag and an ultralight, self inflating divine matras to sleep on....If I could I would sleep on it all year round! Anyway I think you get my vibe that I'm pro camping...seek that ... read more

Day 7: Coimbra Waking up with a soar throat...dry mouth...and a gentle heart throbbing head...we ventured into the city. First up was the Convento de Santa-Clara-a-Velha. Unfortunately closed to public due to renovation works, it still is worth the visit. Afterwards we went to the Quintas de Lagrimas were the tragedy of Dom Pedro e Dona Ines took place. Intermezzo Like the story of Romeo en Juliette, but a little more sinister and gruesome, is the tragedy of Dom Pedro e Dona Ines a love story. Dona Ines was of Spanish descent and Dom Pedro was crown Prince of Portugal...and as every decent love story goes, Daddy didn't agree because she would jeopardize the Portuguese throne with her liaisons to the Spanish court. This love story escalated and ended abruptly when daddy, Dom Alfonso IV, ordered ... read more

Day 4-5: Porto Day 4: Porto After a good nights rest via strolled down the street towards the old town center of Porto(read: we took the bus...the whole 45min worth of it!!!). Today would be nice if could start it with a nice and sturdy breakfast, so we went to our local diner and checked out some pastries. During our grand meal we prepared our visit of Porto. So at 12h30 we decided to visit this little church called Igeja de Santa Clara, but when we finally arrived there it was closed for the afternoon siësta! Until 16h!!!!!! Apparently everything closed till 16h! So we sat ourselves down at the Avenida de Aliados at some public tables and chairs and I started typing a blogpost which we posted an hour and a half later. We began ... read more

apparently something went wrong with the previous post ut you can find it by going to this post and then clicking previous...sorry guys!!!... read more