Blogs from Portugal, Europe - page 257

well we are still having van troubles... but at least now agnes has been joined by the booob and on saturday they had a sad together... but everyone is soo willing to help!!... loads of friendy ppl!!--- language is different in portugal cause its soo hard to pronouce and everyone speaks english!...im trying to put photos on here but i keep forgetting my camera cable!!--- oh well-- we are heading across the south of portugal to seville for some flamenco then down to morocco but we are not taking the van with us. to morrocoo ..agnes is in need of some tlc in seville cause of a hole in her radiator.....!.. the beaches here are great and some awsome cliffs...i still cant get over how cheap alcomohol is over here... !!.. in a pub a beer ... read more

Pozdravljeni! Koncno sledi prvo porocanje po petih dneh potovanja. Tisti, ki se ne veste, sva z Natalijo sla na Portugalsko. Po napol prespani noci na Stanstedu (kjer so ene bliznje vzhodnjakinje zraven naju na klopci razkazovale svoje nakupe-vsaka cca 7 parov novih cevljev!!!)sva pristala v Portu. Ker je mesto ziv dolgcajt, sva si ga samo na hitro ogledala-lepe ulice, drugace pa nic. Ce se ne veste, zrezki po portugalsko plavajo v centimetru olivnega olja. Popoldan sva sla naprej v Coimbro, univerzitetno mesto, ki pa razen faxa in cerkev nima duse - najbrz tudi zato, ker ni studentov. Edina zanimiva scena je bila, ko sva sla v hostel in iz sobe pride 85 let stara bakica in se zacneva z rokami in jaz z slovarjem v roki pogovarjat za ceno. Potem je pa sla po pomoc za ... read more

I was desperate for bleach white walls, fresh sun dried clothes hanging from taunt lines, outside windows decorated with red flowers. Welcome to Lagos, in fact, welcome to all of Europe along the Mediterranean coast. Lagos, a historic port, 3 hours from Seville, Spain is a combination of quaint fishing lifestyle and a booming tourist trap. I found my way to Lagos , Portugal, for some much deserved solitude. It has been a two and a half months since leaving the country I know and exploring the “open minded Europe”, and I had to recoporate from the previous two weeks.... I am constantly trying new ways of transportation that is cheap and somewhat comfortable, but for the most part, I am really flexible and my standards have dropped a few degrees below diva…. I started ... read more

HAy there Its been some time since the last update. Weve been baking ourselves in 30 to 34 C every day from Poland all the way through Chezc ,Germany,Austria and even Switzerland. Weve driven down to the coast of France and back up to the Alantic to spain and San Sebasttion. Then through the middle of Spain to Lisbon in Portugal. There have been a thousand cool things that have happened. Weve had a few miss haps with the van. Bumper fell off, window wipers blew up. We over heated 5 tims in one day going over the alps.The starter motor went on me for a few days and the re vision mirror fell of. Aart from that shes still held togther with Duck tape and running fine. All of the above have been fixed or ... read more

We took a night bus from Algeciras to Sevilla to Lisbon. When we got here this morning at 6am we were pretty beat so we had a cabbie take us to a "cheap hotel close to the city center" which is exactly what he did. The place looke depressing but we didn´t care much. We hopped in the beds right away and slept for 3 hours, got up took our showers, and we left feeling refreshed. Unlike the place in Algeciras, Hotel Mar, which I would highly recomend, I wouldn´t exactly recomend this place, Hotel Londres. Lisbon is not as developed as Spain and the buildings are dirty and covered in graffiti. I was not impressed, I guess I ecpected more from a capital city. We walked down to the river bank and got some breakfast ... read more