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Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto September 23rd 2008

Levar a prancha para a praia na minha bicicleta. Viajar com a prancha na bicicleta. Obrigado ao Sr.Mário das oficinas da Feup. ... read more

Passing through Porto

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto September 12th 2008

Porto Downtown

Kane

Passing Through Porto We leave the Maranton House Hotel and take the tube to Victoria Station where we go up a couple levels to catch a train to Gatwick for a short flight to Porto. A couple hours later and we are walking through the Porto Airport which is an impressive new facility. It seems too large for a city the size of Porto but perhaps in Portugal there are some future thinkers and maybe an intention to develop the tourism industry. Leaving the terminal building there is a new metro/subway service practically at the door that wisks us smoothly and quickly downtown. I wish I had been able to take some photos of the airport terminal but its size just made it seem that pictures wouldn’t be able to tell the story. The cameras ... read more

Day 4-5: Porto

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto September 10th 2008

Taylor's

EliBoudreaux

Day 4-5: Porto Day 4: Porto After a good nights rest via strolled down the street towards the old town center of Porto(read: we took the bus...the whole 45min worth of it!!!). Today would be nice if could start it with a nice and sturdy breakfast, so we went to our local diner and checked out some pastries. During our grand meal we prepared our visit of Porto. So at 12h30 we decided to visit this little church called Igeja de Santa Clara, but when we finally arrived there it was closed for the afternoon siësta! Until 16h!!!!!! Apparently everything closed till 16h! So we sat ourselves down at the Avenida de Aliados at some public tables and chairs and I started typing a blogpost which we posted an hour and a half later. We began ... read more

PORTO'NUN KÜPÜNE DÜŞTÜK

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 22nd 2008

Porto

traveloturc

Geo: 41.15, -8.61024 GÜN 56 günlerden Cuma Sabah kumrular gibi kalktık . Aslında çok özlemişiz birbirimizi. Sonra duş,kahvaltı giyinme kuşanma derken 906 no lu Otobüsle şehre gittik. Tam kampın önünde otobüs durağımız var . Ben devamlı bir şeyleri almayı unuttuğumdan ,ikide birde tekrar arabaya dönüp bir şeyler alıyorum. Biz ettik siz eylemeyin Biliyorum çok akıllısınız ve herşeyi aklınızda tutarsınız. Önerim bir yerlere gitmeden önce elinizdeki listeye göre yükleme yapınız . Aksi halde ya gözlüğü, ya film makinesini, ya da şapkanızı unutup ,defalarca aynı çemberde dolanırsınız. Biliyorum yapmayacaksınız, ama yapın rahat edersiniz. Bindiğimiz Otobüsün geçtiği sokakları anlamak mümkün değil. Mübalağasız, her iki yanda 4 parmak boşluk olan sokaklardan geçiyoruz. Maa... read more

PORTEKİZDE PORTO

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 21st 2008

bayragi

traveloturc

Geo: 41.15, -8.61024 GÜN 55 Günlerden perşembe Sabah 08:30 da kalktım. Anlaşılan bu seyahatte yağmurdan kurtulamıyacağız. Gençliğimde çizgi roman kahramanı ,felaket Ahmet vardı. Başında devamlı yağmur bulutu ile dolaşan.Ahmet'e döndüm be ... Toparlandım 09:00 a doğru yola çıktım. Ayşe arabada uyuyor.... biraz yol gittikten sonra uyandı ve yanıma geldi. Çok rahat ,fakat ödemesi bir o kadar bol olan bir yol . Rahat bir yolculuktan sonra Porto ya vardık . Kampımızı hemen bulduk . Çok imkanlı ve çok büyük bir kamp. Bayağı da dolu.Hemen yerimize yerleştik . Çok güzel büyük ağaçlar var. Meraklısına adres : http://www.orbitur.com/campsite-orbitur-madalena Biraz sağda solda oyalandım. Kampı gezdim.Wi fi interneti var dediler ama hikaye . Duşumu aldım çok rahatladım. Kampın dev bi... read more

Porto (Oporto), Portugal

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 16th 2008

Blue Churches

S and M

Like mooing livestock we filed through Stansted Airport to our boarding gate for our flight to Porto, Portugal. Millions of people + hundreds of regional airports ='s cheap flights around Europe#. With the likes of Ryan Air you'll experience travel conditions below cattle-class so Michelle had the foresight to buy us priority boarding. This almost got us first in the boarding queue (a determined family of Spaniards pipped us). We got the unlimited foot room of front row seats on the 737. No need to be a scoundrel and claw-back a few precious inches with the seat clamp. Both of us were still sick & tired so for 4 pounds each extra, priority boarding was well worth it. In the fog-shrouded night time gloom we landed. The off-duty pilot we sat next to tut-tutted about the ... read more

Next Stop: Italy

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 13th 2008

lfcguimaraes

Leaving for two weeks of backpacking through Italy soon! The trip promises to be one of a kind... I should really start thinking of packing! Hehehe Here is the initial plan... ... read more

PORTO - The land of the Tawny

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 7th 2008

Porto

lloyd1018

My journey to Porto didn’t exactly get off to a smooth start. I knew I had to catch a train to Coimbra B railway station but wasn’t sure which train to catch. I couldn’t see the train status screen. The bane of the blindy on the road. There were two trains waiting to leave so I had to make a choice. Naturally I made the wrong choice on the advice of a guy waiting on the platform. Got on the train which was totally empty. I waited a minute or two and still no other passengers. I saw people walking toward a train on a far platform. Got off the train and flashed my ticket in front of a railway official. He directed me to the other train on the far platform. This train was almost ... read more

Portugal in 4 days

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 7th 2008

Janielle

Hey all, So, we wrote a blog earlier to catch everyone up on our travels but as soon as we pushed published, for some reason, all was lost. That was back on the 3rd. So now begins the somewhat painful task of catching up since before that. Jan and I have agreed that we would do best just to summarize: (July 30, 31, 1) Malaga: Shit Hole. (August 2, 3) Seville: Great City. (August 4) Night Train from Seville, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal (August 5, 6) Lisbon: FANTASTIC CITY. Great two days. (August 7) Porto: Expected it to be a shit hole, but its not! Like what we have seen, although that hasn´t been much, as I am sick with some sort of throat cold. Should pass in a couple of days....I am hopeful. Tomorrow we ... read more

Heading out of here

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto August 5th 2008

backpack

Arieiv

So, finally on holidays. Tomorow i'll be taking off to London for 2 days before I get into more serious adventure in Thailand and Indochina. Bought a backpack. A little bit large so I'm not going to fill it all up. I guess its weighing about 13kg, maybe more, but I think I'll be ok. What am I taking with me? -Sweater -Trousers -Shorts -Tshirts -Snorkling gogles -Thailand guide. -Camera -Flip-flops -Book -Towel Don't know why thisng get much heavier once inside a backpack. :P Maybe tomorow morning I wont be so optimist and start throwing things out.... we'll see. :P Wish me luck!... read more

Brief history of Portugal

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a...more history

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