Blogs from Cascais, Lisbon & Tagus Valley, Portugal, Europe - page 2

Resolvi escrever hoje... Depois de 3 meses ou mais... É incrível como só depois que o tempo passa que percebemos o quão rápido passou... Foram 6 meses. Incríveis 6 meses! 6 meses que eu jamais esquecerei! Como pode mais saudade? Saudades de acontecimentos tão recentes? Da praia ontem, de Dublin há duas semanas, de Salamanca há 3 meses, de BCN há 1 mês e meio... Só de lembrar cada festa de Sala, cada passeio em BCN, cada vôo do backpack, cada momento com o primo e com os tios em Lisboa, os olhos enchem-se de lágrimas... Fora isso, a incerteza das decisões a serem tomadas e, principalmente, a incerteza do futuro próximo, contribuem mais ainda pra aumentar essa sensação estranha q agora me acompanha cada dia (e q vai me acompanhar pelas próximas 4 semanas ate ... read more

Spring Trip - April 20 - May 18 This spring I decided to take a month before summer polo starts in Toronto, to travel to Europe. My plan is to depart April 30 and return May 18. The first part of the trip is a motorcycle trip through Spain and Portugal for 10 days, and then I'll figure it out from there. Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - Toronto Canada I had a bit of a shaky start. My original flight was to depart April 20, from Toronto to London, and then on to Lisbon. Due to the volcano in Iceland, my flight was cancelled on April 19. I phoned my travel agent, Lisa, and she re-booked me through Munich. I arrived at the airport, only to find that the Munich flight had been cancelled. The agent ... read more

The weather is amazing here. One minute it can be warm and sunny, the next unprepared travelers can find themselves in the middle of a torrential downpour. We wore layers today and still were occasionally caught off-guard by sudden changes. But all in all we had a lovely day exploring Estoril and Cascais. The day dawned bright and beautiful. “It looks like it's going to be sunny!” Matthew announced while I was getting ready. By the time we switched places, I looked outside and said “Um, honey? It's pouring rain outside.” What to do? We went to have breakfast - and I finally broke down and paid the hotel clerk the euro to use the internet for a half-hour to post photos on the blog - and by the time we were done the rain passed ... read more

We got to Lisbon late at night and luckily got a taxi to the hostel... it turns out we were in the worst part of town where people were with knifes and stuff with gangs on each street. On the corner of our hostel was two cops making sure noone was dying.... The city itself was not what we expected, the beach was not there and the water stunk... So after 1 day we left and went to Cascais which was awesome! We were in a cabin at a tent place, the beach was nice and the weather was usually hot. The town was nice and quiet too. We saw Night at the Museum 2 in subtitles and we were the only people in the movies who got the jokes. We also saw this really cool ... read more

Sines - Portugal... read more