http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Portugal , Northern en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:43:49 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:43:49 +0000 Cervos Montalegre Portugal http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-453873.html Visita Rota dos Frescos no Alentejo 16 de Outubro 2009 ldquoA Associao PortoBristol depois dos xitos que obteve nas anteriores visitas que este ano promoveu continua na rota certa pois que a recentemente efectuada novamente nos revelou o talento organizativo da Anabela e do Peter. A partida marcada para as 7.00 horas de 16 de Outubro passado obrigou todos os participan http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-449723.html A Cidade de Bristol tem desde o passado dia 21 de Outubro 2009 um novo cais na sua frente ribeirinha com o nome da cidade Invicta. A atribuio do topnimo Porto Quay Cais do Porto uma homenagem de Bristol cidade do Porto no ano em que se assinalam os 25 anos de amizade entre as duas cidades geminadas desde 1984.A inaugurao foi presidida pelo Embaixador de Portugal em Londres Antnio S http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-447606.html I love Porto As you can see its absolutely beautiful. I took a two day tour bus of the city. I wandered around the seaside. There are amazing views from all over the city. I also went to a wine tatsing at the Calmel Winery. The oldest winery in existence in Porto. Porto is a very quaint town as you can see. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-443381.html Leaving behind Lisboa and the broad Tagus River the same one flowing in smaller form through Toledo we headed northward. North of Lisboa are rolling hills and small mountains often forested with pines of various sorts and the overtaking eucalyptus. As is thus far always the case in Spain and Portugal you are never far from olives trees and vineyards. Our first stop was in Fatima site of the f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-441541.html I've been in Porto for two days now and it's the most wonderful place. The buildings are old and somewhat run down but it also makes the city ridiculously charming. The entire city is all hills I am going to have the best calves after climbing up and down the streets the last couple of days with the lowest point being the Douro River. Similar to Edinburgh the most recognizable buildings t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-439644.html Batalha Alcobaca and Obidos.We had to catch the bus to the towns of Batalha and then catch a bus back from there to Alcobaca and of course back to Nazare. The Stellermans are brilliant travellers and Haike is very resourceful as far as her research is concerned so all we had to do was basically sit back relax and be guided as to when and where to be too easy.We caught the bus from the marina http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/blog-438862.html Pavoa de Vazim Aveiro Figueiro da Foz NazareThis blog takes in about 150 miles of the Portuguese Atlantic Coast incorporating the departure from Pavoa de Vazim heading for Aveiro Figueiro da Foz and Nazare all of which we sailed in company with A Small Nest. The reason we did this part of the coast this way was primarily due to the spring tides and the times they are occurring at the mom http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/blog-436133.html Day trip to Porto Thursday 3 September 2009Another good feature of staying at Pavoa de Vazim was the metro link from there to Oporto. We walked to the metro station which was about a 15 minute walk and arrived at the station ready to take on the automatic ticket booths. Well they had us nicely confused in about two minutes flat and then we were rescued by a very friendly Portuguese lady who sp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-436128.html Hola Portugal and Pavoa de Vazim.We left Bayona on the 31st of August with the harbour starting to show signs of a big Atlantic fog rolling in. Sure enough it continued to fill and soon we were heading along very cautiously eyes paying particular attention to our radar G.P.S and having Luke and Debs up on the bow keeping a lookout with eyes and ears peeled.We got past Cape Silleiro the western http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-436017.html Motorhome News from Europe 6.Portugal 6th October 2004. Into Portugal from the NorthTravelling with only an outline plan pencilled on a sheet of A4 is a continuous adventure built upon expectations and reality and shaping memories new exciting revealing and sometimes even disappointing. This week has not failed us as we journey south from Santiago de Compostella towards Lisbon.Come then wea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-431561.html To Conclude a very successful tour to Portugal by the Bristol Oporto Association celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Peace Treaty between these two great Cities a farewell dinner was held at the Trs Sculos restaurant in Taylor's portwine Lodge.Starting with aperitiffs served on the veranda overlooking the Ponte Luis 1 bridge and the Douro river it proved to be a beautiful http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-430285.html It was a 3 hour train ride to Porto from Lisbon. We checked in at the hotel and decided to head for town. We walked down the shopping street to the water in search of a late lunch. We found a collection of restaurants in sight of the river went up to the nearest and got blanked by the waiter. We just keep walking to another one. Totally amazing simple meal. The kitchen was wiped out from lu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-427831.html we got to porto on the night and managed to make our way to la ribera.we got there and we got ready to go out but found that everywhere was closed for fuck sakewe got back and taylor started to cook. we made friends with 2 old women who insisted trying to talk to us in Portuguese thinking we would understand. as usual every1 relied on me to talk they told us the police would end up causing a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-420769.html Visita Comemorativa do 25 Aniversrio do Tratado de Amizade celebrado a 11 de Abril de 1984 entre as Cidades de Bristol e Porto pelos membros da Bristol Oporto Association com a maior satisfao que vos enviamos algumas das muitas expresses de regozijo e agradecimento demonstrados por membros da Oporto Bristol Association aps a recente visita ao nosso pas quando das celebraes do 25 ani http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-417927.html So the last thing you read was that we were stranded in Barcelona airport after our flight to Madrid was delayed by 5 hours which was going to mean we were going to miss our connecting flight to Porto. A few things happened since then though. As I said I spoke to an extremely rude Ryanair staff member who informed me that Ryanair was in no way responsible for delays missed connections or anything http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-417114.html O incio da Saga.Aeroporto S CarneiroO voo era s 1420. Para onde no sabia...La encontrei o pessoal e fomos no Chapim em direco a Lisboa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-409191.html PortoFortunately my departure to Portugal was less eventful than that of mine to Mallorca. It was perhaps unfortunate however that my departure would have to begin at 0245. Not realizing the hours of the first tube departures in the morning and thinking only of the cheap airfare I booked without consideration of the logistics at hand to actually get to the airport for a 630 flight to Porto. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-407862.html Inaugurao do Jardim das Cidades Germinadas 4 Junho 2009 O VicePresidente da Cmara Municipal do Porto o Dr. lvaro CastelloBranco e Peter Evens Presidente da Associao Porto Bristol assistiram inaugurao do Jardim comemorativo das Cidades Geminadas Porto e Bristol na Avenida das Tlias no Palcio Cristal.Este um projecto de valorizao dos espaos verdes municipais com a particulari http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-407283.html A visita Rota do Romnico foi de novo um sucesso como atesta o relato de uma participante e nossa associada. No passado dia 9 de Maio participei na 2 Rota do Romnico do Vale do Sousa desta vez iniciada com a visita ao Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Pombeiro.ramos um grupo de 31 pessoas que como eu notei estarem muito entusiasmadas e com muita vontade de continuar a aprender mais sobre o romn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-406972.html