Portugal 05/11/2006 - 17/11/2006
Heiko and I were visiting Lee, 
who had a 2 - 3 month delegation to Porto
and lived by Povoa de Varzim
 
 
The tour dates :
 
07.11  Enjoying the beach   12.11 Braga
08.11 Braga 13.11 Porto - Lisboa          
09.11 Vigo         13.11 Lisboa
11.11 Vigo - Porto       13.11 Porto
 
 
7.11.2006  Enjoying the beach   back to top
 
Ahh - sun and warm temperature in November !!
Enjoying the beach ...
 
 
 
8.11.2006 Braga I  back to top
 
Our first visit was the beautiful "garden" village Braga 
 
 
 
 
Avenida Central 
 
 
 
 
 Largo do Paço
 
Jardim de Santa Bárbara
 
 Catedral de Santa Maria
 
 Museu Pio XII
 
 
9. - 10.11.2006  tour to Vigo (Spain)back to top
 
Our first interest : looking for a nice dinner place !!
 
 From our hotel room :
The night skyline over Vigo
 
Waiting until midnight to the 10th of November
 
The city of Vigo
 
 
 
"Los caballos"
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
Look at their innocent faces !.
 
But in reality ...
 
Lee is showing a professional  winetasting 
 
 
Different meals for different characters
 
 
Hmm, lecker, lecker !!!
 
11.11.2006  Vigo - Porto   back to top
 
On the way back, we made a stop at Monte Boi
with the "Castelo de Monterreal"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ferry by Viana Do Castelo(Spain) to Cabedelo(Portugal)
 
 
 The night at Porto
or better at Vila Nova De Gaia
(the south part of Porto)
 
Wow, what a nice way to serve the beer !
  
But the food is a kind of wired !!
Yeah, that's much better !!!
  
And afterwards a fussball match ...
 
Now, we are happy !
 
Look at these old Portwines !
And how expensive they are !!!
(4000 - 6000 Euro !)
 
 
The night skyline is the best part of all !!!
 
 
12.11.2006 Braga II    back to top
   
Back to the village of the jardins !

But this time, we only spent time to visit the beautiful
pilgrimage church "Bom Jesus do Monte"
 
Wow, what a romantic place !!
 
So, lets see, what we can catch here ...
Elevador do Bom Jesus
(oldest functioning water-ballast-train)
 
 
So, how can I bring the following
into one picture ...
 
 
 Listening to the bells : bells.mp3
 
 
 Testing the microphone :say_what.mp3
 
 
13.11.2006 Porto - Lisboa   back to top
 
Heiko and I made a 3 days trip to Lisboa,
while Lee had to work
   
 
 Monastery "Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória" in Batalha
(world heritage)
 
 
 
 
 
Castelo de Porto de Mós
 
 
 
 
14. - 15.11.2006 Lisboa  back to top
 
 
Stature of the poet Luís Vaz de Camões
 
 
Lisbon Cathedral and surroundings
 
 
Torre de Belém
(world heritage)
 
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
 
 
Again: A night skyline
 
 
 Águas Livres Aqueduct  : Aqueduct arches (65 m tall) over the Alcantara valley.
 
16.11.2006 Porto   back to top
 
"Centro Histórico do Porto"
(world heritage)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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