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We never really knew what we were doing on any given day on the road. It was a bit like - hey, we're headed for this town, what's to see on the way? That's how we ended up at Bussaco, about 30 kms from

Let's back track just a day or so to a little bit of urban exploration in the Duoro Valley, which I would have forgotton about, except I'd uploaded some pictures because I didn't want to forget to share

Gah, it's so wierd being back in the UK. Everything seems like a dream. Flashes of the last few months come back to me but they are like ridiculous suprises. Did they even happen? So I get back to sorting

I'd always wanted to visit the Douro valley. I'd always loved Douro wine you see, red wine matured in ok barrels, dry and delicious. If you come to Portugal, you see, you simply must - and the Douro river

When you write about your travels, there seems to be two posts needed about any area - the larger picture, and the smaller. The larger sweeping picture is the recognisable postcard - the smaller stories

A few years ago my folks travelled to Europe. One of their absolute highlights was Porto. So we were always on the way there, but even better, we had been offered a place to stay, from a Land Rover fan

Chugging through the country side in Coimbra, we had no idea what we were doing or where we were going. Jamie had to stop for a while to get spark plugs. Eventually he pointed finger at the map and we

Bom dia! Ah, it is no wonder that I am finding it difficult to write here, as Portugal has been so much fun we haven't had a lot of down time. I feel there's a lot of adventures I have missed, but let's

If you know anything at all about surfing, you'd know about Nazare in Portugal. The wave is absolutely massive when it's working and world records are set all the time. Please watch this short video for

Eschewing the crowds at Sintra, we went to Mafra instead, where the royal residential palace is located. Mafra Palace. Commissioned by King John V in the early 18th century as a royal palace and convent,

One thing we have really been missing in Portugal is good coffee. Sure, we get decent expresso everywhere, but the grounds we get at home or make in the Land Rover have been pretty dismal. We have just

So, to everyone who thought there was something drastically wrong with Buttercup, don't worry. It was a simple problem with the distributor that is now sorted. One of the reasons we chose to travel in

Rather than detailing the intricacies of being a tourist in Lisbon, I thought I'd snapshot it with a few paragraphs I wrote as a kinda poetic impression. I'll add a little footnote at the end of what else