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The recent BIG event that's taken place is my trip to Portugal - first time for purely touristic reasons. My Aussie friend Kate arrived the day before we were set to go; her bags 2 hours before our departure from my place. Once in Porto, the car rental representative was late (the traditional Portuguese 5 minutes) and then offered two pieces of advice that particularly stuck in my mind - in part he made Porto sound like São Paulo (attempting to sell in an additional insurance) and in part he made me feel right at home.
1. empty the car yourself and make sure it's visibly empty by leaving the windows open and the luggage on display - "the kids will break in even if they just see one EURO"
2. if you park in a prohibited place and you get hit by another car, re-park your car and then call the police... home, sweet home =)
The following two hours were spent, as a result of the guy's instructions, circling in the wrong part of town looking for the youth hostel, getting lost, finding each other and then our accommodation. Although the rest of the trip went quite smoothly, the highlights would include drinking wine, a weird guide in the Casa de Mateus, more wine, three of my Barcelos roosters coming to a premature death, strawberry juice in Aveiro, grilled cuttlefish at DolceVita in Castro Daire, port, the car randomly starting to roll down the road, the sightseeing, shopping a tacky tablecloth as well as clothes... and many more.
The pictures are going to have to wait until a more thorough selection has been made, but there are plenty =) as usual...
Apart from Kate's awesome company throughout the whole trip, it was great to see Ms Keys, Bela and PP again - a real feast for the soul!
The recent BIG event that's taken place is my trip to Portugal - first time for purely touristic reasons. My Aussie friend Kate arrived the day before we were set to go; her bags 2 hours before our departure from my place. Once in Porto, the car rental representative was late (the traditional Portuguese 5 minutes) and then offered two pieces of advice that particularly stuck in my mind - in part he made Porto sound like São Paulo (attempting to sell in an additional insurance) and in part he made me feel right at home.
1. empty the car yourself and make sure it's visibly empty by leaving the windows open and the luggage on display - "the kids will break in even if they just see one EURO"
2. if you park in a prohibited place and you get hit by another car, re-park your car and then call the police... home, sweet home =)
The following two hours were spent, as a result of the guy's instructions, circling in the wrong part of town looking for the youth hostel, getting lost, finding each other and then our accommodation. Although the rest of the trip went quite smoothly, the highlights would include drinking wine, a weird guide in the Casa de Mateus, more wine, three of my Barcelos roosters coming to a premature death, strawberry juice in Aveiro, grilled cuttlefish at DolceVita in Castro Daire, port, the car randomly starting to roll down the road, the sightseeing, shopping a tacky tablecloth as well as clothes... and many more.
The pictures are going to have to wait until a more thorough selection has been made, but there are plenty =) as usual...
Apart from Kate's awesome company throughout the whole trip, it was great to see Ms Keys, Bela and PP again - a real feast for the soul!
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