Cruising On The Duoro River

I thought I would start a thread on our vacation in Portugal & Spain & add pictures slowly.

Our itinerary was as follows:

1. Lisbon to Porto by train.
2. Cruise on the Duoro river for 8days & 7 nights, stopping each day and visiting glorious sites and the last day a port wine vineyard, wine making & ofcourse wine testing.

Here are 3 pictures:

1. The Oriente station in Lisbon,
2. The Alpha Pendular at final destination - Porto Campahna
3. The display, it went up to 235km/h highest

 

Michael, the boat"s entertainment director was a fellow geek. His English was only slightly better than my Portuguese but since we both spoke "geek" fluently, he spent many hours trying to prove his TyTn was better than my Treo. There was no WiFi on the boat, so his trump card failed & I had slight advantage reception-wise for being able to choose another network if TMN, his provider had coverage problems.

The boat's purser Ricardo was a neat person, with what he termed as his ancient Nokia a 6030. In the 3 years he had owned it he did not know the model number & ofcourse I had to open the battery cover & show him where it was written. .

Three more pictures:
1. Michael at the front desk.
2. Ricardo with Emille, the German Interprator.
3. The boat .

 

Cathedral in Lamego, Our Lady Of dos Remedious, there is no flash allowed inside, so picture taking was difficult. This was one of the best Cathedrals, not as overt a display of wealth like the Spanish ones but just right.

 

Three More:

1. At Porto looking towards the Atlantic - Porto is directly across from Newark, NJ something I never knew before.
2. The RR bridge we were piered under, sorry I got another person's camera lens in the picture.
3. Across the river looking at Gaija where all the Port wine cellars are.

 

Joe, Ryan, Gamer, & Andy, thank you very much .

lol, interesting way of putting it. Actually the Treo has yet another advantage over the TyTn, I can text with it while driving.

I am the stuck up witch that buzzes your spooky tower remember.. Glad you enjoyed the pictures.

Here are some more:
Slamanca Spain, 12th. century University still active:

 

Salamanca Contd.

 

Villa Real, Portugal:

 

Porto:

1. The Founder Of Ferrier
2. Olden Days
3. Wine Tasting

 

1. St. Francis Of Asisi Cathedral in Porto.
2. Can you guess what car this is? It took me by surprise, I thought I knew European roadsters. Dmapr, you are disqualified.
3. This is for our very own Fire One Four - The Feradosa Volunteer Fire Department. Hmm I think I see Tom on the left side of the picture.

 

Thanks Kelli, I am glad you enjoyed them, the Oriente is the new railroad station in Lisbon. The Vodaphone P headquaters is right next to it and ofcourse I had to take a picture of it.

Glad you liked Villa Real, it was definitely one of my favorites too.

So, the high and mighty Fire14 NEVER texts while driving huh? Hmm, why do I have hard time believing that?

I am glad you enjoyed the pictures and thank you.

Ahh, so it was you, no wonder I kept seeing you everywhere.

Sure go ahead and guess, Dmitry is disqualified since I am 99% sure he will know what car it is.

 

Thanks Joe, I am glad you liked the pictures . As for the the car, your are both correct, I had just forgotten the OPEL GT Version

Hmm! Well in that case you better tell me what you would like me to bribe you with that you mentioned in the picture thread. I am not quite sure with bribes are legal.

Glad you got 3G at my spooky tower, just in time for my Halloween fly over too.

 

Lol, true and JFB may even have a law against us ordinary members bribing (or atleast trying to bribe) one of his supermoderators .

I am a stuck up witch and do not believe in waving at mere mortals. I have never been chased by ghosts and I am looking forward to it and hoping one of them is a Handsome Fire Fighter with an enchanting smile.

Thre More Pictures.
1. Figurines inside a tiny chapel.
2. Ceiling at the Lamego Cathedral
3. Old fashioned means ff travel on The Duoro-now used as tour boats

 

Lol, not too many, but I posted one in the Official Picture Thread.

The Vineyards ar gorgeous & my picture taking ability does not do justice to them, but here are two of my attempts. I am a little Lock & Dam crazy, so here we are entering the the highest lock in Europe - 36 meters.

Btw, FIRE, I also talk on my battery powered toy while filling up the gas tank in my car.