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July 11, 2005 - Tagged as: Travel
I have beein staying in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal for the last few days. I took a day trip to Sintra yesterday and hiked around a palace and a large park for most of the day. I have a nice big blister on my right heal to show for it. Sintra was a beautiful town though. I suggest you all visit the next time you are in Lisbon. :)
I discovered recently that Portugal doesn´t dub their movies, so over the past two nights I have seen Batman Begins and War of the Worlds. I was suffering from movie withdrawl, but I think I will be alright now until I get home.
I decided that today I would take a day trip to Cascais and give surfing a try. Not knowing any better, I took a train to Cascais and hoped for the best. I found the tourist info booth and they suggested Praia de Carcavelos and Praia do Guincho. I decided to try Praia do Guincho which was actually back in the direction I came from. There were no waves there and the guy who rented surfboards and spoke broken english told me that the rental place was closed today. So I took the train back to Cascais where I am now killing time until my bus leaves for Praia do Guncho at 1:05. So much for getting an early start.
I think I will go to Porto tomorrow, but I'm not really sure. Time to catch the bus now. Hopefully this beach will have waves and surfboards.
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hey, sounds like things have been going really well in portugal. You never said if you ever found 'oasis' in granada. I hope you manage to find some waves. the surf was alright onthe south coast near faro, but it was also december and the water was freezing. Good luck on finding some waves, and i hope you manage to catch one.
Everyone that I have spoken to about Lisbon says that it is a great city. I did not go to Portugal or Spain when I was in Europe in '73. Glad you have spent a couple of days there. We looked at the weather reports in the newspaper and it sure looks like you are getting your fair share of summer weather, and then some. I think Marian e-mailed you a list of suggested places to go in France. I'll try to send some suggestions re northeast France, Belgium and the Netherlands as well. The places that I remember as interesting were Brugges, Antwerp, Brussells and Utrecht, as well as Amsterdam. Give Rotterdam a miss.