Portugal Stories


Next Destination: Lisbon, Portugal!

Cordoba is famous for its creamy Gazpacho. The rich flavors of ripe and fresh tomatoes, roasted red peppers, garlic, Spanish saffron, cumin, and virgin olive oil create delicious one-of-a-kind soup. While sipping this delicious soup, we are plotting our next destination: Lisbon, Portugal. The drive will take about six hours. With the car we have, we...


A trip to the islands of Southern Portugal

So...I decided to take a cheap bus to Faro, Portugal this weekend to visit Parque Natural de Ria Formosa. To see its exact location, view the following link: [url]http://www.travelpod.com/cache/city_maps/Olhao.gif[/url] Not knowing what to expect and Not knowing portuguese, I took a ferry from Olhao to the outermost edges of the islands. After a dece...


Aqueducts, Sintra and the big 13.1

21.3.2009.-22.3.2009. I've been so bad about updating!! For one, I'm having trouble with memory space and photo editing on my computer. I like to be able to post the blog with the corresponding pictures but I feel like it is going to take a while to get these pictures how I want them. Also, I'm on vacation from school here and the weather has...


A marathon of tours before the marathon

20.3.2009. So, for some reason my internet is not working at home so I am stuck using EUSA's computer lab, unfortunately. Anyway, let me tell you about Portugal. I got back from Ireland into Sevilla around 10 ish on Thursday, the 18th. I left for Portugal at midnight on Friday the 19th. So I basically only spent a day back in Sevill...