The time has come at last for Ruth Hunter and I to set out to see Portugal. This will be a bus trip with SmarTours that begins in Porto and ends in Lisbon. After our Porto River Cruise company, not Viking, failed and left us high and dry, we signed up for a land tour instead. I have traveled with this company several times but for Ruth it will be a new experience. Not the bus trip part, Ruth traveled with a chorus all over Europe at one point in her varied life.
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This trip has a few goals for me. I will have the opportunity to visit the site of saints from almost my own lifetime - Fatima. I think that will be a highlight and will explain why these children were some of my Mom's favorites. Our Lady of Fatima
Perhaps I will visit Sintra again, I did it on the one Lisbon day during my last cruise. I will go back if this time they include the Castle/Palace. On the previous excursion I was disappointed that it became just a shopping trip. We will have a short evening cruise on the Porto River so I will have pretty much covered the rivers of Europe as best I can. My interest in Portugal increased when I was recently in Brazil. I became aware of why there is such a strong link between these countries. I knew Portuguese was spoken in Brazil but the history was a mystery.
Most importantly, my main goal, is to NOT injure myself!
So come along with Ruth and me on a journey through the oft overlooked country that was once the home of the leading explorers of the Western world.
Weather update: oh yea! Just what we need! Portugal Weather Wish us luck!
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