Destination: Portugal
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Sat, 3 Dec 2011 | By brettcooke | Views [1352]
It was just another sunrise as the train pulled in to Lisbon
train station in Portugal. Tired and only a little irritable but we had things
to do and friends to see. However, our friends Henrique and Verena were at work
so we had an entire ... Read more >
Tags: belem tower, coxos, lisbon, ribamar, sao jorge castle
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [976]

Portugal has a history of exploration from Henry the Navigator to Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan, fearless men who defined what we know of our planet in the 15 th Century. Our satellite navigator, “Sir Clive,” seems to be intimidated ... Read more >
Wed, 2 May 2012 | By mettesv | Views [802]
I will postulate that there is no off the beaten path! Everything have been done, seen and eaten. But travelling should not be about being the most special and innovative traveller the world have seen, it is about finding the way that you personally ... Read more >
Tags: portugal, sintra
Thu, 28 Jun 2012 | By eriklang | Views [556]
In a pluvial disproval of My Fair Lady , nary an airborne drop would meet the Spanish soil. As I watched the verdant champs of France give way to the sepia vegas beyond the Pyrenees, I would soon meet the heat of Madrid in the summer. With ... Read more >
Sat, 26 Oct 2019 | By pauluiza | Views [517]

Badajoz, Mérida, Cáceres in Spain and Marvão in Portugal
Yeah, it’s that time of the year again, wedding anniversary, 26th this time, and as our “family” tradition goes, it involves a jam packed, lots of fun, ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
The skull is staring at me. She – let’s call her Maria - is embedded in concrete, shrunken and yellowed, stacked in a wall of thousands more exactly like her. It is not only skulls that are decoratively arranged around the door frames and arches of the ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 19 May 2015 | By | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
Standing here, breathing the southern air we already know it smells home. It smells like a windy evening, roasted chestnuts, salty water, just baked pastry, like lilacs. It sounds like jangling of the old electrico, an anxious Portuguese whisper, fado, ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 6 May 2014 | By | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
I´ll never forget arriving in Portugal, absolutely awe struck , so many people in the airport whizzing by , but finally made my to the information booth to catch my train to Oporto. What was installed for me ? Passing the beautiful country side and making ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 22 May 2007 | By worker | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By manducas | Photo Gallery
CIRCUS FESTIVAL
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Thu, 4 Feb 2010 | By 00bitbybit00 | Photo Gallery
Alfama
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Wed, 31 Aug 2011 | By emily_mcd | Photo Gallery
Along the coast in the Algarve
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Thu, 31 Jan 2008 | By chicachan | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 1 Dec 2015 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Another awesome roadtrip, this time to North ... Douro Valley, Montesinho National Park etc
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Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By andreia-leite | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients
4 chunks of salted codfish
6 Medium potatoes
500ml Vegetable oil
1 onion
Salt q.b.
Ground Black Pepper q.b.
Nutmeg q.b.
120g Flour
200ml Milk
100 - 200mls Single Cream
Grated Cheddar cheese q.b.
Ketchup (optional)
How to prepare ...
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