http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Portugal , Northern en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 09:27:07 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:27:07 +0000 When you39re in Porto you just can39t leave the city without go to Vila Nova de GaiaOn the other side of the river there is Vila Nova de Gaia and in fact it39s in here that the Porto is made. It39s not from the city called Porto.You can access this city by the famous bridge called Dom Luis by down or up the bridge in fact you can cross it near the river or take a funicular http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern//blog-764709.html After Faro and Lisbon we decided to go to Porto an amazing old city you just can39t be in a street and don39t see something beautiful It39s 3h from Lisbon and the bus from there cost 15.Between Faro Lisbon and Porto it39s for good Porto who39s the cheaper. Especially for the restaurants you can eat around everywhere for 4 5 first course and course. They sell a spec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-764636.html 28.12.12 Porto Roma curta tour por Roma Coliseu Monumento de Vitor Emanuel Panteao Piazza Navona e Fontana de Trevi 28.12.12 Pequim Sydney 30.12.12 a 03.01.13 Sydney 04.01.13 a 06.01.13 journey Sydney to Melbourne by car 07.01.13 a 09.01.13 Melbourne 10.01.13 a 11.01.13 Cairns Ma Mu Misty Mountains Wooroonooran 11.01.13 a 12.01.13 Airlie Beach 12.01.13 a 14.01.13 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/blog-763072.html http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/blog-762958.html Now that we are overwintering in Lagos Portugal we have decided to take advantage of the time and do some overland traveling. We choose to use public transportation for our travels to both Oporto more commonly referred to as Porto and to Lisboa Lisbon. Conveniently the bus station is very close to the marina in Lagos and took us to Porto with only a halfhour layover in Lisbon on the way nort http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-755674.html Esta viagem comeou em boa verdade h um ano atrs quando decidimos comprar as nossas primeiras bicicletas. Dessa data at agora iniciamos curtas viagens em volta da nossa casa para avaliar e sentir o prazer de andar de bicicleta. Paralelamente e aos poucos fomos comprando algum equipamento adquirindo em julho os alforges que colocaramos nas bicicletas e que nos tornariam apta a viagem ma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern//blog-752834.html We had very low expectations of our RyanAir flight to Porto. We39d heard horror stories about being charged obscene amounts for the tiniest indiscretions not printing off your own boarding passes before arriving at the airport your bags being accepted at one airport but rejected at another etc and about the mad scramble to get a seat seats are not allocated on RyanAir flights. We39d pre http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/Povoa-de-Varzim-/blog-747439.html Porto is a busy industrial and commercial center. The city itself isn39t very populous about 240000 inhabitants but the Porto metropolitan area Greater Porto has some 1500000 inhabitants in a 50 km radius with cities like Gaia Matosinhos Maia Gondomar and Espinho.The city was built along the hills overlooking the Douro river estuary and its historical center was awarded World Heri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-738242.html Hey my name is Danni mutatkozott be a laktrsunk. Nice to meet you this is Annamaria and Susi. 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The historical importance of this river is immen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Amarante/blog-695057.html Gardens and parks are the right place to relax mind and eyes. Children love park. Parks and gardens in Porto help people to keep in touch with nature. This article discuss about the best four Porto Portugal attractions.Calm Antonio Garden domestically famous as O jardim de Antnio Calm is situated at Rua das Sobreiras. The garden is beautifully placed on the banks of the river Douro. The gard http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/Povoa-de-Varzim-/blog-693119.html Its always exciting to enter a new country for the first time. Dealing with customs and making sure your paperwork is all in order is always a hassle. In the back of your mind theres always a chance youll be taken to a back room with two way mirrors instead of windows medical furniture and a box of rubber gloves for questioning too. Well once youre in the E.U. European Union http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-682561.html A acta da assembleiageral que decorreu no passado dia 9 de Dezembro 2011 com uma excelente participao dos scios da nossa Associao. semelhana de anos anteriores o Jantar de Natal foi de novo o evento do ano com o maior nmero de participaes.Cinquenta e trs scios e um convidado conviveram num ambiente de amizade e boa disposio que foi animado pelo trio musicalFli http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-682453.html Viagem ao Minho 22 e 23 de Outubro de 2011Dia lindo tal como a Anabela nos tinha prometido. Pelas 9 horas partimos em direco ao Pao de Calheiros desfrutando das belas paisagens minhotas.Fomos recebidos muito gentilmente pelo proprietrio com um agradvel caf servido com bolo po e compotas deliciosas.O palcio obra do sculo XV vive agora no regime de turismo de habitao. As http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-667320.html Ch Convvio no Oporto Cricket Lawn Tennis ClubDomingo dia 25 de Setembro 2011 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-662564.html My motto in traveling is Though you are a foreigner always eat like a local. So if I am with friends who are natives of the country in which I am traveling I ask them to order for me what they like to eat. If I am alone I ask the waiter what they or the chef suggest. I end up eating many items that I would never be likely to try in the States thus adding a delightful richness of ex http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Northern/Porto/blog-661770.html