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Troll temperature: cold,ok,too damn hot Tourist day wandering about. Catch up on wine from dinner last night and the night before:Casa de Santar excellent dry red from the region dão Quinta de la rosa farm of the rose. Also excellent … Continue reading →

Today,& for a few days 100+ degrees F Train ride from Coimbra. Just like the one to Coimbra. Just over an hour. Porto, second largest city in Portugal, old capital from 12 th century and birthplace of Henry the navigator, … Continue reading →

Coimbra sits on the banks of a wide large river. Another Roman church, again with statuary and polychrome. In addition lots and lots of fine tile work. Original Roman arches preserved. The church of Santa Cruz. There more we hear … Continue reading →

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Train to Coimbra the medieval capital. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/portugal/central-portugal/coimbra This is not a multiple day town. The main parts and an overview of the university can be seen in several hours. Today Coimbra is a somewhat poor city on a nice river. … Continue reading →

Sintra day. Visit to this historic hill town. http://www.sintra-portugal.com/index.html Took the local train, direct, to this suburb of Lisboa. Urban for the 15 miles. High rise buildings and dense roads much of the way. Some farming stretches. The town itself … Continue reading →

Lewis Carroll"If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." Monastery with its fabulous cloister, a cathedral in ornate Gothic style with preserved capitals and ornaments, and the tomb of Vasco da Gama which explains … Continue reading →

The castle sits high up on a hill, a steep hill to be reached on a hot day. We planned to take the tram as per the proverb: Japanese proverb. “ ‘A tough man climbs the mountain. A wise man … Continue reading →

After a late night we start the adventure. After a few misused words we learned that QB studied Brazilian Portuguese, oh well… Abatanado. AmericanoCafe diplomaCafe con leiteMeia a de leite half fat milkMagro skim milkMeio GordoImperial is a small draft … Continue reading →

Cool on arrival, obligatory arrival photo. "Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. "John Keats Two hour discussion with Hugo, native who works in London designing work spaces. Believe Trump will prevail as he thinks mood of Europe and … Continue reading →