Looking across to Gaia (the focus of the port wine industry in Porto) it’s truly odd to be standing in the heat of a Portuguese city seeing enormous rooftop hoardings with a number of quintessentially English surnames such as Taylors, Cockburn and Graham peppered across the length of the river bank. Though, I’m not a big fan of encountering my fellow countryman [sic] abroad, on this occasion in…
Did you know Portugal and the UK have an alliance that spans over 600 years? No battles, no wars, nothing! Well, I think now is high time for an invasion. Pack your bags, grab your Euros and set a course towards the Portuguese capital of Lisbon! Lisbon, situated on the Atlantic coast, on the far western reaches of Continental Europe offers so much to the intrepid traveller –…
In my last post, I wrote about, and included some pictures, of my climb to the top of Zadar’s highest building, the Bell Tower at the Cathedral of St Anastasia. I gushed about how the ascent to the top of this fine bell tower afforded some fantastic views over the Old Town and across the sea to the islands that lie off Zadar. Even before I started the…
Anyone who has travelled to a foreign country will have found themselves in one of those situations where a stressful discussion takes place, during the heat of the day at a critical moment of the trip. This is most likely to occur when debating which direction to take, the best place to eat or to clarify if the building you are standing in front of is actually the…