My solo journey of the heart and World
Alvor is such a small town that they don’t even have an actual bus station but I got off at the main bus stop in town which was just a 6 minute walk from my airbnb there. Alvor was a small fishing town with a small typical downtown and then the harbor area. I wanted a little …
The day of the hike It was a bit of a cloudy day but not super cold and I headed out from the center of town. There is at some points a boardwalk you can take and there are also an endless amount of dirt paths that crawl over the cliffs so I found a route …
I took the train from Evora to Lagos early in the morning but because of the timing of when it would arrive, I had to wait about an hour until I was able to check into my room at the Airbnb. I was staying at another place where several people rented the individual rooms but shared …
I was pretty much packed up and had the free breakfast at the hostel, basically a roll and cereal along with coffee and walked to the train station. The weather was forecasted to be sunnier and warmer for the next few days, which I was looking forward to. I had bought the ticket for the first half …
Tomar is an even smaller town than Aveiro and was the headquarters for the Knights Templar. The town was founded by one of the Grand Master Knights and a castle was built in the 12th century. This is what I was visiting Tomar for. The castle turned convent turned historical site was huge, very intact and it consisted …
I finished packing my stuff and walked to the subway station to go back to the train station to catch my train to Aveiro, my next stop. I had made the decision, both based on my struggle to make plans for Morocco and now my minor throat infection, to skip Morocco on this trip and save it …
I woke up with a bit of a headache and the feeling in my throat a bit more pronounced. I grabbed my phone and used the flashlight app to look into my throat in the bathroom. Sure enough, I had some white spots on my tonsils. Great. I didn’t feel too bad but didn’t want it to get worse …
I took an Uber to the train station to catch my train to Porto. Once I arrived in Porto, I walked the short distance to the subway and got off at the station that was just a 5 minute walk to the next Airbnb I had booked. Taking public transportation is interesting. Sometimes it is very easy and …
I did part of the second half of the audio city walking tour and also took a detour to see the “pink street”. This is an area I had heard about where there are many bars. I didn’t intend to go during the evening as it was a bit of a walk from my hotel that …
The next day I downloaded the Rick Steves audio guide for the Lisbon city walk. My plan was to do it in two parts over two days. I walked the 20 minutes or so down to the river front where the tour began at the Praca de Comercio, the large square right at the river front. Turning …