Or – Is a Five star hotel THAT much better than a four-star hotel? When preparing for my trip last year (2019) I booked almost all my hotel stays in advance (and one AirBnb stay). Bar a few nights in Tajikistan, I was booked for the rest of the nights which meant I knew where …
Continue reading Infante Sagres – That Time I Splurged on a Five-Star Hotel!
All aboard! Time to take the train from Lisbon to Porto, and see just what an experience on the trains of Portugal is like! And back again for good measure! Today’s amazing train journey sees me travel from the station of Santa Apolonia, in Lisbon, up to Campanha Station – the main train station in …
Continue reading Train Journeys – Lisbon to Porto [Portugal]
Porto, in Portugal's north is a special city. The Luis I Bridge is the major landmark, but it's also famous for being the home of port wine, has an old bookshop that KJ Rowling used to frequent, a number of beautiful cathedral's and so much more. So, come check out the vlog I've been working …
Continue reading Prosperous Porto – New Vlog from Portugal’s Second City!
Yes, it's time for another Friday Vlog, and today I'm excited to share my Vlog on Lisbon and a side trip to the mountainous town of Sintra. I'm really happy with how this one turned out. I happened to take a fair bit of footage in Lisbon which helps, and the fact that the city …
Continue reading Brand New Vlog – Trams, Elevators and Palaces – Lisbon and Sintra
Howdy all. Another 'Foto Friday'. It was a wet and misty day when we arrived in Porto, Portugal. And here is the famous Luis 1 Bridge peaking through the mist! Thanks for popping by - May the Journey Never End!
Lisbon is a pretty cool city all told, and the thing I personally liked most about it was the number of transport options, LOCAL transport options. You have the trams, the metro, buses of course, then you have these sort of ‘funiculars’ which take people up (and down) exceedingly steep hills. On top of that …
Happy Friday all. Today a couple of pictures of some "street art" I saw near the river in Lisbon as the sun started to go down one day. Thanks for stopping by - May the Journey Never End!
Right now I am sitting on the train on my way back to Lisbon, this is the first journey of a few that will take me back home to Melbourne. It’s been a serious sort of trip, non-stop for the most part and not the way I will approach my next getaway, it’s been rewarding, …
Have you ever wondered where Port wine came from? Well, it's right here in Porto, northern Portugal. Oh, you knew and it's just me? Well now I feel stupid. Anyways, it's hard to believe that come Saturday I'll home in Melbourne and reality will be sinking back in. But before then there are just a …
Hi all! We've arrived in Porto this afternoon and we headed out for dinner. Porto at night is.. not too bad at all so I thought I would share a couple of photos with you. Thanks for stopping by! May the Journey Never End!
Photography - Nature, Travel, Urban and Rural
Looking for that next adventure in the world
Jane's Lens
Faraway and local adventures
Never Wanted Perfect Just Real
Photography - Nature, Travel, Urban and Rural
Looking for that next adventure in the world
Jane's Lens
Faraway and local adventures
Never Wanted Perfect Just Real
