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Europe » Portugal » Northern » Vila do Conde August 30th 2019

My first day on the Camino Portuguese started well. I woke up about 6:30am and was ready to go by 7:15. Breakfast was free but I didn’t want to wait until 8am to eat, so off I went, to the cathedral to officially start. For the next hours I struggled to find the yellow arrows that marked the way! I’d decided to just take the more popular central route, but in my “wandering” around to stay on the path, I received all sorts of directions from Portuguese people, and ended up on the coastal route after all, too far from the central to be worth the distance and time. I realized I was on the coastal route when I encountered a nice Camino sign, that showed me how I could get to the central route, and ... read more
My trekking poles & the 1st Camino Portuguese Marker
The Burger King, where I'd hoped to take a break
1st break at Torres D'Avenda Confeitaria

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 29th 2019

Although I woke up several times, I slept fairly well until 10am, having gotten to sleep before 10pm! I guess I was really tired and sleepy. In drank a cup of coffee (actually instant cappuccino that I’d bought in a store yesterday), then walked around a bit, mostly down near the river. I got some great photos of both Porto and Gaia, along with one of three young people standing on the railing, yelling, and acting like they were going to jump. They were still there when I crossed back over the bridge to Porto, so I don’t know if they ever actually jumped. I heard later that a lot of times they try to collect “dare you” money before jumping! After I crossed back into Porto, I walked along the river until I found a ... read more
The famous Majectic Cafe
Iglesia de San Ildefonso
Muralha Fernandina

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 28th 2019

I left my brother-in-law’s house right at 7pm… unfortunately in a bit of a rush, leaving my passport and behind! I didn’t realize it until I was on the bus from Seville to Lisbon. This mishap was just one of many. Raphael, my other brother-in-law, took me to Jerez de la Frontera, about 25 minutes away in his car, dropping me off at the bus station. The day before I’d bought tickets online through a website called Busbud for the bus line ALSA, for 82 Euros. They were a bit more expensive than Rome2Rio, but simpler. I was supposed to take bus from Jerez to Lisbon, then switch to another one from there to Porto, with emphasis on supposed to! Raphael was long gone when I found out that no ALSA buses left from Jerez. The ... read more
Bus station in Lisbon
Casa da Musica Bus Station in Porto
Rotunda da Boavista

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Braga July 15th 2019

Bonjour à tous, Ne soyez pas surpris par le kilométrage de la journée, il y a une explication. Ce devait être une journée avec un maximum de 130km. Comme je suis toujours à la recherche de l'alambic, j'avais demandé, hier matin au réceptionniste, si éventuellement il avait une adresse. A Vila Réal c'est sur vous allez trouver. Ce matin, c'est une réceptionniste, qui parle bien le français, même question, elle consulte ses collègues, ici vous ne trouverez pas mais à Regua, c'est certain. C'est presque dans ma direction, avec un léger détour de 24km. Regua était dans ma liste de village, mais un peu excentré, j'avais laissé tomber. A Regua je m'informe, je vais même poser la question au musée du vin de Porto. Ici non mais à Vila Réal. J'en viens. C'est bon j'abandonne et ... read more
Regua
Guimaraes
l'hôtel ce soir

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Torre de Moncorvo July 14th 2019

Bonjour à tous, Que la journée fut belle. Ce matin au réveil un ciel pur, un bleu azur L’hôtel est dans le centre du village, et sur la place une belle fontaine, en fumant ma cigarette sur le balcon je vois des voitures, s’arrêter et faire le plein de bouteilles d'eau. Le réceptionniste me confirme que c’est la meilleure eau de la région, j´ai donc fait de même avec mes bouteilles. Et c´est vrai qu’elle a un goût pur. Au départ je n’ai pas de parcours planifié, j’ai tout un tas de villages, des points intéressants, que je veux voir, mais je n’arrive pas à les implanter sur ma carte, je ne les situent pas. Dans mes notes, j’avais des repères, et je vais faire avec. Le village où j’ai dormi est accroché à la montagne, ... read more
le Douro avec Pinhaos
Chapelle Senhora do Viso
la rota do Maïas

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto July 13th 2019

Hello everyone, I’m back at writing but still struggling to keep the blog up-to-date because I’m almost 2 years behind! After my visit to the United Kingdom (July 2017), I took a 2.5 hour flight from Manchester to Porto, northern Portugal. Also known as “Oporto” in English, the second city in Portugal has about 300.000 inhabitants and lies on the banks of the Douro River. This was my first visit to Portugal and the 72nd country/territory I ever laid foot on. Almost all travellers I’ve met whom have been to Portugal, including friends, had good things to say about the country. Therefore I visited with certain expectations and in the end I was not disappointed! From the plane, arriving into Porto, I had a good view over the coastline and the beaches to the west and ... read more
Vineyard in Pinhão
Rabelo boats on the Douro River in Porto, Ponte de Dom Luis I in the background
Porto, Ribiera waterfront

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Baião July 13th 2019

Bonjour à tous. Deux jours de suite bien conseillé pour souper. La réceptionniste, à qui je demande conseille pour manger m'indique un restaurant à 100m de l'hôtel, c'est très bien et pas chère, le Mauro. Sans ses recommandations jamais je n'ose rentrer dans cet endroit. De l'extérieur complètement minable, et peu de clients lorsque je suis arrivé. Ensuite ils ont fait le plein. Une grosse assiette de jambon cru, depuis l'Espagne je n'y avais pas touché, et une morue grillée barbecue. Juste un problème pour moi, elle est arrivée noyée sous une tonne oignons crus, des poivrons verts et rouges, tout ce que je déteste. Heureusement il devait y avoir une demie livre de pommes de terre nouvelles. Je me suis régalé, et en sortant, je fait fait un grand tour de quartier, pour faire glisser ... read more
Porto puente Luis I
Palais Mateus
Porto le Douro

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto July 12th 2019

Bonjour à tous, Enfin hier au soir, J'ai mangé à la portugaise, sur les conseils du jeune réceptionniste de l'hôtel. Une bonne soupe de poisson, ensuite une morue, accompagnée de petites pommes de terre nouvelles, épinard, tomate, le tout baignant dans l'huile d'olive. Une préparation portugaise, dommage j'ai oublié le nom, avec un déssert, le tout pour 20e avec le service. J'ai un peu de mal à comprendre parfois les prix pratiqués, les endroits très touristiques comme hier ne sont pas forcément les plus chères. Où cet après midi une bière en plein centre de Porto 1,5e, et dans un trou perdu ça peut être 3,50. Aveiro, la Venise portugaise, c'est sur le papier, dans le concret il y a quelques canaux, avec ces bateaux portugais, les Saveiros, qui servent de trainent "couillons" aux touristes de ... read more
la gare de Porto
Aveiro
Porto

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Braga April 6th 2019

We are more and more against booking supercheap flights with budget airlines since it is more and more evident that these airline need to make money with different "services" such as spraying. We have our own opinion about this and do not want to support chemtrail activities. But this is not the point in this blog. Nevertheless, this time, we booked such a cheap flight as we simply could not find another option to come to our destination. For only 32 hours we flew to Braga in Portugal. From Switzerland it is a short 2 hours flight. We landed in Porto late morning with a fantastic spring weather and really warm temperatures. We took our rental car and drove the short way to Braga. Braga is a city in the north of Portugal about 40 min. ... read more
the old town
our spiritual master - Paramahamsa Vishwananda
us during darshan - in the very back you can see Paramahamsa Vishwananda giving darshan

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto April 1st 2019

We have been in our 'new' home for a few months now and since the actual move had meant we had cancelled our winter sun plans, things were now much calmer ? I was spending less time at the hospital and in general things were quiet. Andrew had some annual leave to use up before the end of March so a quick search on the Ryanair website and Porto was booked ☀️✈️ Neither of us had been to Portugal for quite a few years, we figured the weather wouldn't be too bad and the flights were cheap and convenient so whats not to love ❤️ . In the weeks preceeding however we had managed to find a house to buy and James had dropped out of school so things were not so calm on the home ... read more
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