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Trip to Portugal - The sea and Portugal

16 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

Half of Portugal's border is maritime, and the rest more closed than opened. Maritime border where many landed and from where we left so many. Prehistoric settlements of people who came by sea and brought news and the first exchanges of arts and prod...

Trip to Porto de Leixões - Matosinhos | Portugal

15 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments aleister

Continuing the route along the Portuguese coast in the municipality of Matosinhos, reaching the end of Freedom Avenue "Avenida da Liberdade" that runs along the Leça da Palmeira boardwalk , we find a sharp curve that takes us to Antunes Guimarães Av...

Trip to Portugal - Castro de São Paio beach #2

15 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments portugal

Another beautiful day on the beach at Castro de São Paio. The temperature was around 24 degrees and with little wind. Again an excellent day to do the beach. In this place you have a magnificent view over the chapel, the beach and the sea. An excell...

Trip to Avenida da Liberdade - Leça da Palmeira | Portugal

14 Aug 2020 3 minute read 2 comments aleister

Today we are going to move on the busy and long Freedom Avenue "Avenida da Liberdade" in Leça da Palmeira, a boardwalk designed by architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. A long avenue that stretches between a huge complex of apartments and commercial spac...

Trip to Obelisco da Memória - Facho | Portugal

14 Aug 2020 2 minute read 3 comments aleister

Today we will break the previous route towards the main avenue of Leça da Palmeira and we will visit a place of extreme historical importance for Portugal that I want to register before the weather changes and the rain that has already been announce...

Trip to Portugal - Castro de São Paio beach

13 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment portugal

Another day spent on the beach, we have to enjoy the summer while in Portugal. Today I also decided to take a walk on the beach and not just stay in the arial to sunbathe. A hot day, and when I took these pictures it was 11 am and I was already swea...

Thoughts on Travelling Long-Distance on a Train with a Mask

13 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

    Unsplash   So, I've just recently had the dubious pleasure of travelling about 10 hours on the high speed rail network in Europe. This being Coronavirus time, there are addition travel rules and restrictions in place over the summer. Thankfu...

Trip to Boa Nova - Leça da Palmeira / Portugal

13 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments aleister

Today I return to the route along the Portuguese coast in the municipality of Matosinhos towards Leça da Palmeira.Leaving behind the nauseating smell of the ETAR that infests the Aterro beach, I head towards Leça da Palmeira, but before arriving at...

Trip to Praia do Aterro in front of Petrogal | Portugal

11 Aug 2020 3 minute read 3 comments aleister

The place we are going to visit today is a 5 min drive from the place where i work and is one of my escapes during lunch time ☺ In the next posts I will cover the entire coast of the municipality of Matosinhos and nothing better than starting with...

Trip to Portugal - Vila Chã Beach

11 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

Another day of physical exercise on the beaches of North Portugal. As I'm on vacation in this area, I take advantage of it and every morning I run/walk beside the beaches. It is also very good to run close to the beach. Feeling the air on the beach...