Castelo de São Jorge

November 23rd 2013
Day 8 - Saturday 23rd November We got up at 5.30am as it's a 2.5 hour drive to Lisbon and as we had only a day there, we didn't want to waste any time! The road up to Lisbon was so empty. I appreciate that it was early, but in the UK, the motorways would be full of lorries at that time. For the first hour I think I saw less than 10 cars and just one small van. During the entire journey, until t ... read more

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I started these blogs as a record for myself- something to read and comfort me when I'm old, cold and broke, wondering where all my money went... With time, my blogs have developed as it turned out other people were reading them! This has inspired me to improve my writing (well I try) and add more photos. I hope you enjoy reading my blogs and please do leave comments. The photos in the blog are taken on my phone, but when I return home, I always have lots of images from my DSLR, that I upload to Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wadeyc ... full info

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