Carnival in Alcobaça: a riot of colour, music and cute kids
Imagine a six-day, four-night-all-night Halloween party and you come close to Carnival in Alcobaça.
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100 blog stories later, we’ve come full circle!
Writing blog stories – this is my 100th! – has contributed enormously to our appreciation and understanding of our travel experiences.
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Peneda-Geres reveals old – and continuing – ways of life
Carlos pointed to the far side of the reservoir, where the low water level exposed rocky grey shapes that seemed too linear for nature. A lost village was not what we’d expected to see in Peneda-Geres National Park.
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Feliz Ano Novo! We limped in to 2023
I cleared my throat – all that incense was making it scratchy – and lined up at the end of the Rooster Mass to kiss the Baby Jesus. And then plans for our first Christmas in Portugal began to go awry.
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