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Figueiring out the way to Coimbra

Figueiring out the way to Coimbra

Figueira da Foz and Portugal in Miniature, Coimbra, Portugal Great, the Oldies have hired a car again. Wonder where we’ll end up this time! Par for the course, Her Ladyship’s navigating turns into nag-ivating, we end up on the wrong motorway (once again), but by pure fluke it is more or less going in the direction they had planned to go anyway – northwards. 200 km on, we arrive in Figueira da Foz, a small city on the mouth of…

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Beach Babies

Beach Babies

Carcavelos beach, Lisbon This is a lovely surprise. I am on a flying visit to Portugal with Her Ladyship. I don’t know what His Lordship is doing back in Austria. Perhaps he is still looking for the key of the garage. Who knows and who cares? The main thing is I am back on the beach! We are staying in Carcavelos, just outside Lisbon, and we have wonderful views of the ocean from our balcony. It is hard to believe…

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