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Oh…Porto!

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…

Lisbon Loving!

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 –…