Day 207 - 27 May 2010 - Homeward bound and random reflections These last few days in Portugal afforded us an opportunity to reciprocate hospitality for Pete and Fran who were visiting Portugal, including visits to Sintra, Cascais and surrounding areas and Lisbon itself.It was really wonderful to have them with us. Then final preparations for closing down the house, getting to the airport and flight home via London (thank you to our friends Helga and Jorg Fische...

Day 199 - Lisbon Docks Point of departure: Lisbon, Portugal Point of arrival: Durban, South Africa Accommodation: MOL container Km travelled: The Beast is sailing Where to next: Beast's garage in Johannesburg No of photos: 101 (cum 7 481) If ever there was confirmation that our epic journey was coming to an end, loading the Beast into a container this morning was certainly it! It almost felt like sending our much loved child home unaccompanied, reasonably...

Day 180 to 207 - 30th April to 27th May- Portugal Point of departure: Santander, Spain Point of arrival : Cascais, Portugal Accommodation: our home Km travelled today: 860km Cum: 30 547 km Countries so far: 16/16 Where to next? Johannesburg, South Africa No of photos: 260 (cum 7 380) The last country - number 16! It feels really nice to be at home in Portugal. In many ways the trip had a kind of emotional closure on day 182, 2nd May when we drove to Bele...

PORTUGAL THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com) The Flag (adopted 30 June 1911) Flag: the flag consists of 2 vertical stripes- the left stripe is green and the right stripe is red.The stripes are uneven as the green stripe takes up two fifths of the flag's length and the red the remaining three fifths.A coat of arms with the country's traditional shield ...