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May 8, Lisbon
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We use the explicit instructions left by our hosts and have a nice breakfast of tea and espresso and toast for Cynthia. But we decide to make an exploratory foray into the neighborhood to find the “large” supermercado where we… Continue reading
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May 7, Lisbon Arrival
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We dress Cynthia’s scraped leg with the antibiotic and superb bandaids we bought for David’s hand in Porto, have a leisurely breakfast in the hotel, pack, and walk the half-block to Coimbra’s train station where we board car 22, seats… Continue reading
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May 6, Coimbra
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The sun! The Sun! THE SUN!!! And an azure sky arcing above the world as far as we can see. A passable breakfast in the hotel and we venture forth for our guided tour of Portugal’s oldest university, founded in… Continue reading
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May 5, Travel to Coimbra
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We wake to drizzling rain and the 7-minute walk uphill to the Oporto train station where we hope to revise our tickets for Aviero and Coimbra so we can skip Aviero — scenic seaside canals that would be lovely were… Continue reading
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May 2-3, Porto and Regua
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It’s cold and rainy in Porto, but we get up early and walk down steep, rain-slick streets to board our boat to Regua. We are assigned to table 14 — all tables are below deck in a surprisingly large room… Continue reading
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April 30 – May 1, Porto
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Flying from Casablanca to Porto was uneventful except for the screaming infant on the small plane and, once we approached northern Portugal, total cloud cover, which, though sudden infrequent fragments of sun and azure skies will tantalize us, will stay… Continue reading
Two Tramps 