Back from Portugal

Nice solitary trip, a relaxed trip based on Sangria, Conference, Computer Science, sun and tasty food. Back from Portugal, for the second time. Back to Music Hall. Unfortunately I lost my conference's poster at the airport: it was Cacacha and wine's fault. Yes it was. Fortunately now I have cacacha to remember Portugal...

Lisboa - 2nd part

Back to the Rossio Square. This sangria is very powerful: maybe 'cause it's one jar alone? Anyway, the dish was delicious, I couldn't wait for it. Finally, I did it: eating in the middle of the square, with 27 degrees on my head, on a table plenty of food looking forward to get back to Dublin in my beautiful room....

Let's take a bus to Belem Luca. Is it ok with you? Let's go Luca, before the sunset...Here we go: landed to the Monument to the Discoverers, walking towards the Belem Tower. Someone said: eat pasteul de Belem...

Over here there is a beautiful panorama, not a lot of people, quite place towards the sunset...tomorrow WEBIST conference...

Coimbra - Portugal

Im going down, toward Lisboa. Im in Coimbra, a nice traditional city. One of the best university of portugal over here. Nice weather as well. One coke in the city center, under a big umbrella: My skin is not used to this sun.

A green picture in a green garden with a green shirt. Walking down toward the market, the cheese market. Traditional lovely things. A cool lunch with bread, chees, amazing cheese. For a couple of euro a simple but culinary meal. In the life sometime simple things produce more effect than complicated things.

Coimbra, several colors displayed on an ancient city, reflected over the river Mondego. Up, hum, maybe down again to Visconde da Luz Street in the Baixa of Coimbra. I saw a pastel de nata.... the trip goes ahead....

Porto - Portugal

Landed to Porto, landed by train. Up and down through streets, lanes, roads. There are several levels, different kind of floors but all end up to the Ribeira houses to the Douro river. The biggest city of the norther region is quite traditionalist and offer different point of view. The city is growing up with the Europe but prices are pretty moderate.

I'm buying a postcard to send to my marine uncle and crossing the D. Luís Iron Bridge where I can see the Ribeira houses as a whole, mirroring on the river. I have been sitting down for half an hour, to empty my mind, get pleasure from the sunny weather and think how many pastry im gonna buy...

Up again to the bridge and to the historic city, up to the Avenida dos Aliados. Ice cream off course, with this temperature it's impossible to not buying anything cold. I saw a bottle of "cacacha 51.." What should i do?

Lisboa in solitary

Here I am.... Lisbon...25 degrees to start the adventure in solitary. Portugal, such a nice country. Officially I am here for job, to present my work, my studies, but my heart of traveller does not permit to stand in a single place... hence it means im heading off to Coimbra and Porto.

Second time in Lisboa, second time to Sao George Castle and the old town. I started the day with a pasteu de nata, a great cream pastry, just 80 cents.... amazing...I couldn't wait and a jar of sangria was waiting for me in the center, on a simple table with an hamburger.... im not gonna eat hamburgers here... no worries...

...Well open up your mind and see like me...Open up your plans and damn you're free..