Fun on an alpine funicular at Saint Hilaire and a great walk down
When Deby first started planning our trip she put together a custom map on Google and started adding pins. There were hundreds and hundreds of pins for all sorts of …
The French part of Lake Geneva
On the French side, which is 40% of the lakes surface area, Lake Geneva is known as Lac Leman. This is the shortened modern version of the first recorded name …
Bom Jesus do Monte and all those stairs
It was just a quick day trip today as we were not going to stay overnight. Oh no, not another monastery! Yes, another religious site but this time something quite …
Penha summit walk from Guimaraes
While we were in Guimaraes we had set ourselves two main tasks. The first was to visit the Castle of Guimaraes which was voted by the people of Portugal as …
Nazare- Surfers paradise!?
Some of the biggest waves in the world regularly turn up at Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. We recently visited in early June 2019 when we spotted a wave that …
Our stats and expenses for May 2019
We spent much of May in Portugal and we felt it was an odd combination of expensive and cheap. The camping and parking were very cheap or mostly free, while …