Blogs from Portugal, Europe - page 219

Hello friends, It’s been a few months now since our last post, and we hope you’re well. For us the summer has been wild - trips around Europe, visitors from home, and various work related shenanigans. This is the first attempt to fill in the busy summer and give you a peek at what we’ve been up to. Thanks for your patience, and we hope you enjoy the pictures! With that preface, back in June (I think) we packed up our bags and traveled with Zsolt and Ildiko, our 2nd gazdas (host family) to Portugal. Why Portugal? It is where Chris’s brother Scott is doing research to finish his PhD in archeology. Scott’s been going there for several years now, speaks a good amount of Portuguese and has been tempting us with stories and delicious culinary ... read more

Bom Dia(hello) Well we said you would be bombarded with blogs so here goes again, two in one week! So having headed up the Spanish west coast we decided to do a quick jaunt through the southern part of Portugal. Our first port of call was Quateria along the majestic Algarve coast. We did not realise that Portugal is an hour behind Spain, so of course we were an hour early for everything, which made a change. The town itself was pretty and we enjoyed a good stroll along the beachfront. It was a change from the Spanish-English coast and not so busy. We stumbled upon a fish market so we bought 1kg of large prawns, mmmm. That evening they were de-shelled and cooked in some lemon butter and of course some fine red to wash ... read more

It had been 7 years since I traveled abroad. That was when I met up with my long time friend and traveling companion Max, in the unknown territory that was Eastern Europe. A decade earlier, communism had crumbled with the fall of the Berlin wall, and many former Eastern bloc countries declared their independence soon after. Czechoslovakia would become the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Many, including Hungary, would transition to a market economy. I had always wanted to visit Prague and Budapest, so when Max invited me to join him for part of his 3 month vision quest, I jumped at the chance. We spent 5 days in Budapest and another 5 in Prague. Despite the difficulties of trying to navigate ourselves around unfamiliar lands and foreign languages, we somehow managed to have a great time. ... read more

Any old Portugal and no storm. Sunday 16th Sept. Crossed the border into Portugal yesterday around five o clock, with a huge sense of joy and sheer emotion, happy tears flowed, we are here !! We have been to Portugal enough to know the welcome you could expect and it did not disappoint. Northern Spain to be honest we were glad to see in our mirrors, when I can borrow them from herself, just for a few minutes for driving like !! We had over nighted in the very nice fishing port of Luarca, which is about 70km west of Gijon on the northern coast of Cataluña. We have been using the Alan Rodgers camping guide and find it great, it rarely steers you wrong, which is a good thing as we decided not to replace ... read more

this is a copy of the news article which i had an interview for...its in portugese, so yea... PUBLICO.PT PÚBLICO: Edição Impressa Versão para cegos 17 de Setembro de 2007 - 12h10 Secções PÚBLICO Edição Impressa: Destaque, Opinião, Portugal, Mundo, Temas, Economia, Desporto, Cultura, Media, Local Lisboa, Local Porto, Última Página Suplementos PÚBLICO: DIGITAL, PÚBLICA, ÍPSILON, ECONOMIA, Alunos ricos estudam em navio que chegou ontem a Lisboa Inês Boaventura A próxima viagem começa em Janeiro de 2008 No Scholar Ship viajam estudantes de licenciaturas e pós-graduações, que frequentam aulas em inglês, realizam trabalhos e exames e só têm direito a um dia de descanso a cada quatro de trabalho. A inscrição no programa, desenvolvido por sete universidades e apoiado por empresas como a IBM e a Microsoft, custa cerca de 14 mil euros. Joseph Olander é ... read more