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Porto

May 27, 2016May 26, 2016 Steve Food, Friends, Point of Interest, Portugal

It seemed strange as we were looking for lodging how booked up everything in Porto was.  We now understand.  This was the weekend of the Porto leg of the Rally de Portugal, an auto race that takes place on public roads and streets (blocked to the public during the races of course).  The 1.85 km […]

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Coimbra

May 26, 2016May 25, 2016 Steve Learning, Point of Interest, Portugal

Formerly the capital of Portugal, its most important university was established here over 500 years ago.  It would seem that back in the day, when a university was to be built, they spared no expense.  It is a long walk up a hill, or steps, to the campus.  Across the river are several convents, probably […]

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Tomar

May 25, 2016 Steve 2 Comments Point of Interest, Portugal

Tomar will go down as one of our top ten places to visit.  Perhaps it was the contrast of the hustle and bustle of Lisbon.  Or maybe it’s because we missed the train by so little that we were on the platform as it was taking off.  At any rate, it was like a little […]

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Amazeballs Lisbon

May 24, 2016May 23, 2016 Steve Point of Interest, Portugal

If you are wondering about the choice of “Amazeballs” for use in this title, I was, until recently, just like you.  Our travel buddy Lisa, whom you met in Evora, used the term occasionally.  In Lisbon, we went out with Lisa and several of her colleagues from Cambridge, and she used the term.  I asked, […]

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Sintra – Felt Like Winta

May 23, 2016 Steve 2 Comments Point of Interest, Portugal

So everyone said that you just had to go to Sintra if you visit Lisbon.  Sintra is a day trip away, there are many buses, trains, and tours.  We decided to go. It had been fairly warm in Lisbon, and the weather promised to continue in this manner.  Even though we’d been told that Sintra […]

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Évora – Wildflowers and Megaliths

May 18, 2016 Steve 3 Comments Point of Interest, Portugal

Évora is the capital of Portugal’s Alentejo region.  I’d never heard of this region before, but having sampled a few Alentejo red wines, one can be sure that I will be seeing its name again. Unfortunately, Ellen was pretty knocked down with a cold when we arrived at this university town of about 56,000 residents. […]

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The Algarve

May 16, 2016May 14, 2016 Steve 1 Comment Beach, Point of Interest, Portugal, Travelling

We took the overnight from Madrid to Lisbon.  It is the only train between the two cities, and runs on old, bumpy, slow, and uncomfortable track.  One would think that Spain is not the largest trading partner of Portugal.  As we arrived at 7:20 in the morning, we decided to head straight down to the […]

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Happy Birthday StevenEllen.com

May 11, 2016 Steve 8 Comments Portugal

1 Year Anniversary of the Blog! 7 Month Anniversary of Departing the Twin Cities! Last year on the 11th of May we made the first post on www.stevenellen.com.  It was an exciting time as we were psyched about moving to South Africa to join the Peace Corps, preceded with a bit of travel to see friends […]

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