PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 3 Jun 2015 | Views [506]
Yesterday I got out of dodge and went to the most beautiful place on Earth. I am not exaggerating at all.
The town is Sintra, about 45 minutes from Lisbon. First of all to get there, I walked about a long ways (I don't know if it was a mile or two) ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 2 Jun 2015 | Views [517]
Today was sort of a blah day. I had plans to go to a few musuems, but the ones I had plans to go to we're closed since they are closed on Mondays.
I did go to a transit museum, which was interesting because I am interested in trains, trams and other ... Read more >
Tags: lisbon
PORTUGAL | Monday, 1 Jun 2015 | Views [462] | Comments [1]
PORTUGAL | Monday, 1 Jun 2015 | Views [598]
If you look at the picture of the April 25th bridge, you will see pictures of Cristo Rei, which is a large monument and cross on the far side of the suspension bridge. It is actually Lisbon's answer to Christ the Redeemer from Brazil. Yesterday, ... Read more >
Tags: christ, lisbon
PORTUGAL | Sunday, 31 May 2015 | Views [736] | Comments [1]
Once again, I am not. When it is daylight, middle-age men pull out pairs of sunglasses and try to sell them to me. At night, these guys switch to drugs. Once again, they are persistant, but yelling at them seems to do the trick.
Yesterday was another ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Saturday, 30 May 2015 | Views [527] | Comments [1]
First of all, the weather here in Lisbon-there is no other way to say it, but awesome, perfect, etc. There we're two clouds in the sky all day-across the river. Maybe 3. Otherwise, it is just a blue cloudless sky. 86 degrees. No humidity. (I don't think-... Read more >
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PORTUGAL | Saturday, 30 May 2015 | Views [585]
That must be what the message was I was conveying yesterday in Lisbon-that I am trying to buy drugs. At least 8 guys, mostly middle-age to older tried to sell me drugs. And these guys are persistant. I found that yelling "I DON'T DO DRUGS" at the ... Read more >
Tags: lisbon, museum
PORTUGAL | Friday, 29 May 2015 | Views [554]
Yesterday, I left the UK. I took a 2 1/2 journey by train to London Gatwick airport, which involved changing trains at a station called Reading. The train(s) stopped at the typical England villages, with a car park, nice town square, some with ... Read more >
Tags: airplane, lisbon, portugal
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 29 May 2015 | Views [400]
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 29 May 2015 | Views [445] | Comments [1]
Yesterday I started the day in one sort of new place and ended in a completely different place.
I finished up my time in Bath by taking a long walk up into the hills on a beautiful sunny morning. I wanted to find a place decscribed in a brochure of ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 28 May 2015 | Views [535] | Comments [1]
Today I am leaving Bath-a gorgeous city where just about every building is made of bath stone. It is nearly perfect in every way. The achirtecture is gorgeous, there are beautiful hills surrounding the city with long winding roads. Yesterday on my walk, ... Read more >
Tags: bath, uk
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 28 May 2015 | Views [464]
Yesterday I wasn't in the mood for museums. I needed a break from endless selfies (mine included), audio programs, buckets begging for donations,etc Plus here in bath they aren't that original anyway(with the exception of the Roman Bath Museum, which ... Read more >
Tags: bath, fields
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 27 May 2015 | Views [729]
After I completed the tour of the Roman Baths, I checked into my hotel room and took a nap. After staying in hostels, I don't take a nice nap alone in a hotel room for granted.
When I was done napping, I left my notebook computer and my passport in ... Read more >
Tags: bath, comedy
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 27 May 2015 | Views [594]
When I was on the 3 day tour in the Scottish Highlands, a guy on the tour told me to go to Bath-so that is what I did. I checked out of my hotel in Salisbury, and went to Bath, a town an hours train ride from Salisbury. First of all, Salisbury ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 26 May 2015 | Views [484]
After Stonehendge (and yes I carried my luggage around Stonehendge and Saram Hill, a war re creation scene and old castle), I went searching for the hostel where I was to spend the night. I figured Salisbury would be a small town, and it would ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 26 May 2015 | Views [509]
Yesterday morning, I checked out of the hotel in London, and hopped on the underground to a train to Salisbury, which is right near Stonehendge. At the Salisbury rail station, a bus met the train and took visitors to Stonehendge, and two other places ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 25 May 2015 | Views [525]
I spent a quick night in London in a hotel. As you probably know by now, if I am staying at a Marriott, Hilton, etc, it is by accident. I can't afford those places so mine are much more economincal. (plus the UK is expensive period). And after ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 25 May 2015 | Views [473]
Today I am off to Stonhendge. Yesterday I took the msot expensive train ride in my life-the 5 hour ride from Edinburgh to London-the original fare wasn't too bad, about $75 US-as this is a long train ride-but I had to pay an additional $200-why you ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 24 May 2015 | Views [750] | Comments [3]
Today I am leaving my beloved Edinburgh, where I have spent a total of 6 nights in 3 different hotels/hostels. (in addition to the two nights in the Scottish Highlands/Skye). The city is both stunningly beautiful and outrageously fun. The ... Read more >
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