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This morning our mission was a 3 hour walking tour with Henrique (“Henry”) of Lisbon. We set off in our Uber with plenty of time this morning in case of rush hour traffic. Luckily, our driver skirted those mostly so we managed to arrive time for an expresso and a traditional Portuguese pastel de nadaContinue reading “City Walking Tour – Lisbon, Portugal”

Today we had a massive 20 min drive to get closer to Lisbon for our walking tour on Friday. We have moved from Cascais to the outskirts of Lisbon. There is not much by way of dedicated motorhome parking in the city and we wanted to be sure of some shade to leave the dogsContinue reading “Retro Tram – Lisbon, Portugal”

Today we had booked in for a half day tour from Sintra to Cascais via Tuk Tuk 🛺 So this morning we went to our prebooked Uber location for pickup and thankfully he picked us up with the dogs with no problem. So we were at Sintra train station early for our tour pick upContinue reading “Tuk Tuk tour – Cascais, Portugal”

We had a glorious beach walk this morning at Peniche. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but after a couple of days of cloud / rain the sun was shining and the sky was blue. Our dogs were very happy to be off lead again and there was much play fighting and rolling in the sand.Continue reading “Into Tourist Territory – Cascais, Portugal”

We walked with the dogs along the shore at Foz do Arelho this morning between rain showers. We had at least got to experience a fantastic meal of fresh seafood at Europa restaurant the night before with fantastic views out to sea and a beautiful sunset. We used the services at the camping spot asContinue reading “Chores Day – Peniche, Portugal”

After a quick trip to Aldi, open 8am on a Sunday in Portugal, then breakfast, it was time for coffees and farewells. My parents are now heading north in Portugal, going to some spots they did not get to on their trip from U.K. to Lanzarote where they live 4 years ago. We are headingContinue reading “Lighthouses and beachfront – Foz do Arelho, Portugal”

We started the day with a lovely walk along the Duoro river. We passed the dock containing some of the very large river cruise boats we had seen plying their trade up and down the river as we drove around. One of the boats had guests aboard waking up alongside the dock, with a localContinue reading “Fado and Reunions – Coimbra, Portugal”

This morning we woke up at Quinta da Padrela after a perfectly silent night on the Duoro Valley but for the occasional distant dog bark. We had a walk around the vines early with the dogs and then a leisurely morning before our 10.30am Wine Tasting. Jose, came to meet us, he and his sisterContinue reading “Wine Tasting – Duoro Valley, Portugal”

We had heard so many references to the Douro Valley on our tour yesterday, we decided we had to visit. Therefore, Kevin did some investigations and found a vineyard which did wine tastings and also let motorhomes stay on site. Perfect. Therefore this morning it was time to move on again. We took the dogsContinue reading “Wine Region – Douro Valley, Portugal”

We decided on plan C for the dogs today to do our Food and Wine Tour in Porto – I got up at 06:30 and took them for a 4.75 mile run along the seas front 🤣 Therefore suitably tired and with a good breakfast, we could leave them in the shaded and cooled motorhomeContinue reading “Food and Wine Tour – Porto, Portugal”