Blogs from Portugal, Europe - page 258

I'm now back in Lisbon. it's still the same, you go around for so long and is good to get back home, yadayadayada... Well, lisbon is pretty much the same as i left it a few years ago. Some extra subway stations. beer is still cheap. Specially after coming from london or amsterdam or barcelona..... :D nice weather. the movies are still subtitled (i hate dubbed stuff). the beer is cheap, and they know how to pour it. bars open till dawn. and they serve cheap beer. i guess i said this before. hmmm..... well, anyway, apart from a few towns in europe, amsterdam being a spotlight, to be able to go out and have a few drinks with some friends, lisbon is still my spot. i mean, london? clubs closing at 2? rome? a few ... read more

Leaving Granada after having arrived less than 48 hours before, we were on a bus for a 12 hour ride to Portugal! To make the trip longer, the Spanish law states that bus drivers must stop at least every 3 hours to keep them from falling asleep, sooooo, we were on and off the bus all day long. Finally we were there by evening where we had dinner, and fell into bed. Laura, Natalie and I still hadn´t caught up on sleep and had a tour to catch at 8 the next morning so we crashed! The next day our Irish tour guide, Michelle, took us to Lisbon (we were staying at Costa da Caparica, a beach town outside of Lisbon), and we saw the Monastery of San Jeronimo, the Discoverers Monument and the Tower of ... read more

Well, originally I was only going to be here for 2 nights....really, I was. Then, I started hanging out at the beach, met a bunch of people, and next thing you know its 4 days later and I'm still here. I'm staying at this really great house that this woman from Lagos, Zelinda, owns. She's so friendly and helpful, it's great. There are a bunch of people from Canada here, and most of the Portuguese people speak English, so I've kinda been slacking with the real travel thing, but oh well. I've been eating lots of great Portuguese seafood dishes, and of course have discovered that 'free-pouring' drinks is not a good thing for me. The first night I went out here, this really nice bartender named Hugo ended up looking after me. We swapped some ... read more

Hello from Albufeira! We actually can´t believe we made it here. On Tuesday approximately 9 hours before we were due to leave for the airport Liz was tightening the straps on Andreas backpack and a seam decided to explode. Needless to say we started to panic. We spent our last afternoon running around London looking for a new backpack. Thankfully we found one at the store 15 minutes before it closed. We had a tearful goodbye with all our friends in our home in London, caught a bus at 1 am and made it to the airport in time for a good 2 hours of sleep on the cold floor! After an hour delay on the tarmac we finally landed in Porto, Portugal. In Porto we actually got to see some sun! A sight we´ve sorely ... read more

Travelled to Portugal from 06 November to 21 November 2005. No companions, lots of alone time, and a bunch of interesting stories. Met the neice of the likely next pope; found hidden bars and secret port jaunts; met expatriots who have circled the globe; basically enjoyed exploring when and where I wanted for a couple of weeks.... read more