Blogs from Portugal, Europe - page 225

6-19-07 Slept well last night and woke up in Portugal. I love these night trains. The gentle rocking motion of the train really knocks me out. I got up and stood outside our train sleeping compartment for about an hour trying to get glimpses of the surrounding landscape. The times I did see something out the window there was not much to see. The train arrived about a 1/2 hour late. I talked to a guy from Philadephia that was a construction manager there who told his boss he was taking off for awhile to travel. The boss told him as long as he is back by September he had a job when he got back. He said he did not plan to travel that long. He was about 28 years old I guess and indicated ... read more

Lisbon Europe » Portugal » Lisbon By L JJune 17th 2007Voila, mes photos de lisbon... read more

Located in the middle of the southern coast of Portugal, in the area known as the Algarve, is the little beach town of Albuferia. While this town often gets a bad rap in the various travel guides, we find the old town to be delightful. With the official greeter, shown in the first photo, who couldn't be ready to relax and adopt his laid back attitude. Albuferia is especially nice if you plan a trip for any month other than July or August when it is totally over flowing with sun seeking tourists. The golden sandstone cliffs with tunnels leading to the golden sand beach are stunning at any time of the day. Sitting atop these beach side cliffs are the whitewashed walls and the red tiled roofs of the Albuferia village. The town square ... read more

Lagos Europe » Portugal » Lagos By L JJune 15th 2007Deux jours a Lagos. Cest une ville au sud completement du Portugal, une place ou tout ce que tu as a faire cest de la plage !... read more

MOTOTOUR 2007 Day 11-15: Porto to Lisbon Distance: 334 km (of 8,667 km total) Monday As soon as we were done with breakfast, we were off to Lisbon, where Marion would be meeting up with the rest of her UNICEF delegation, which was convening for a few days of conferences and seminars there. Although by our estimations, there was less than 350 km. left to go, we found ourselves counting down the miles impatiently, waiting to get down to zero, to get to the hotel. More than just a goal, Lisbon had become our fixation -- we'd completely lost our sense of happy-go-lucky wandering and adventurousness. We already learned by now that scheduled stops are generally a bad idea for motorcycle trips where anything can happen on the road. However, we had been overcome by an ... read more