Portugal

[ Nov.2014 ] Monsanto is a small village in central Portugal. I saw a photograph of this village a few years ago and since then I have always wanted to visit here. This village consists…

[ Nov.2014 ] My husband often has his hair cut during our holiday. This time, too in Coimbra in Portugal, we went in a barbershop which looked rather old fashioned situated half way on the…

[ Nov.2014 ] When we went up the slopes in Coimbra in Portugal, the rain started. During this holiday, the weather was changeable all the time. We found a museum there, so we went in…

[ Nov.2014 ] The old part of Coimbra in Portugal is on the hill next to Mondego river. It is the third largest city in the country after Lisbon and Oporto. Coimbra is famous as…

[January, 2012] On the last day, we took a hop-on-hop-off sight seeing bus in Lisbon. And I learned that the bull fighting in Portugal do not kill the bulls. Also, I leaned that in Portugal…

[January, 2012] We spent the New Year’s day in a small village recommended in my guidebook. It is called Mertola in Alentejo, Portugal, and located close to Spain. There is a castle on top of…

[December, 2011] In a small ordinary town called Beja in Portugal, the year end party started. All of the people, young and old have gathered in the main square. The local band played their favourite…

[December, 2011] After spending a few days in Evora in Portugal, we came to a town called Beja, about 50km south of Evora. This is an ordinary small town where ordinary people live, in contrast…

[December, 2011] Portugal is famous for its bright coloured potteries. In the tour in Alentejo, we were taken to one of those craft workshops. I love this sort of places. After looking at how they…