As there was one final bank holiday weekend before we finished work and started 'the travels' we decided to visit Portugal again. We had an early flight out of Gatwick (5:30am) which meant we arrived into Porto nice and early at 8am so lots of time to visit. We started the trip with a private tour of Douro Valley (thanks to Sally & Whit). We set off with our guide Pedro with a lovely drive through the valley and arrived at Sandeman vineyard late morning for ...

We had been in London about a month before we had our first European weekend excursion. We went to Lisbon and Sintra in Portugal for a long weekend due to the Spring Bank Holiday. We flew over on the Friday night and arrived at our hostel reasonably late at night. There seemed to be a big street party going on just down the road but I think we were both so exhausted that we managed a good night sleep. The weather the next morning was just what we were expecting...