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Friday May 22: The Beginning of my Portugal Adventure
Bom Dia from lovely Portugal 🇵🇹! I’m currently enjoying a very warm Coimbra (95 F!!!) but spent the first part of this trip in Lisbon. Time to catch you up on Greg’s travels… Friday May 22 – Saturday May 23: In Transit and Lisbon Friday was departure day, and a Lyft to the tri-rail station,…
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Monday May 25: A Tough Morning in Lisbon, with a Good Outcome
Soon after arriving back at the hotel after group dinner on Sunday night, I started having chest tightness and my mind raced and wouldn’t stop. Not sure whether it was something I’d ate or all the exercise over the past couple of days, but falling asleep was a struggle. I slept for a couple hours,…
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Tuesday May 26: On the Road to Coimbra with stops in Obidos and Batalha
The group gathered at 9am sharp and boarded our day’s bus through central Portugal. Mikael promised a “surprise” first stop and it was a good one 👍 – the castle town on a hill of Óbidos. Originally a Roman settlement and castle, Óbidos changed hands through history, Visigoths, Moors and eventually Portugal’s first King Alfonso…
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Wednesday May 27: A Perfect Day Touring Coimbra
We’d had a little taste of the University of Coimbra the evening before, but today was the day for touring it. The university is the most prestigious in Portugal and one of the oldest in Europe, founded in 1290. The night before, I booked an 11:20am entry for the Biblioteca Joanina. Finding an elevator and…
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Thursday May 28: Arriving in the Jewel of Portugal – Porto
Time to reach the final destination of this tour, the Northern Portuguese city of Porto. I’ve heard so much about it, from its iconic Eiffel-designed Dom Luis bridge, to its walkable (but hilly) center, to its enticing riverfront. Today was a day to experience it all. But first, a high-speed train from Coimbra. Portugal has…
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Friday May 29: Seeing the Other Side of the Atlantic, a Boat Ride on the Douro, and a Last Dinner with the Group
For day two in Porto, I decided on a hop-on hop-off bus which would take me to the oceanfront. After a very long two hours thanks to Porto’s center-city traffic, I arrived at the other side of the Atlantic in Foz do Douro. This is roughly equivalent to the latitude of New York, so I…
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