Sesimbra – touristic town
February 2020After almost nine splendid weeks in Cascais, it was about time to say goodbye. We got so used to…
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Modern architecture and celebrities
Along the river Tejo, starting in Cascais, six marinas for the boating folks are scattered along the northern shore. We…
Cascais – the city of kings and fishermen
January 2020Cascais was and is somewhat different from Lisbon and other cities in Portugal. It started its career as an…
Sintra – standing in a line and wasting time.
After leaving Cascais for the picturesque town of Sintra, the bus drove through bright late morning sunshine on a perfectly…
Cascais – Lisbon
4.6 degrees Celsius outside temperature at half-past seven. We cast off for Cascais, 67 miles further south. We didn’t care…
Nazaré
Perfect! I can’t think of a word better for the journey to Nazaré; blue sky, a northeasterly wind, almost no…
Figueira da Foz and Coimbra
It was one of those rare sunny days late November when we left Duoro Marina. The disc of the sun…
Repair stories – bad luck, failures, and malfunctions
Planed was a five-day stay in Porto, in the end, it were 27. Yes, slightly miscalculated, mainly because of the…