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The Wild West

The Wild West

We’d had a taste of things to come when we visited the cliffs of Cabo de São Vicente, but we still weren’t quite prepared for the unspoilt, rugged beauty of the south western coast of Portugal. The entire area is a national park (Paisagem Protegida do sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina – try saying that after a bottle of Blog wine!), and so the small towns and fishing villages are far and few between and there are none of the…

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Far, Faroway

Far, Faroway

I’ve been promised sun, sea and sand but all I can see is snow. What’s going on? At least we are moving – by train to Vienna. Where’s all this sun the Oldies have been talking about? Ah! This is more like it! We are just landing in Faro, Portugal. Wonderful! From the plane window I can also see the huge mounds of salt at the salinas (salt beds), so the open sea cannot be far away. The sun is…

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