Day Thirty Four 17.4.05 We went to Obidos today, its about 10 miles from the campsite and we set off quite late as we had dogs barking and music all night and not much sleep. Boiled eggs for breakfast, no soldiers though as out of bread and no shops nearby. Shame. Obidos was as lovely up close as it was from the motorway, it's basically a medieval fortress almost entirely preserved. The first thing we did after negotiating the hoards of tourist coach...

We drove from Lisbon to Peniche today, this was because we had passed Obidos on the way to Lisbon and thought it looked nice. There are no campsites near Obidos and Peniche is about 15km away. Peniche itself is also quite interesting. We walked into town which is about 2kms, it was not long before are legs felt tired again because of all the walking we did in Lisbon yesterday. We were also a little bit hung over from our night on the town. Whilst...

Day Thirty-two 15.4.05 William's Birthday This morning we took an open top bus tour of the city to get our bearings. It did the job and although it rained a bit and we had to go downstairs it was well worth spending an hour and a half in traffic to view the sights. We spent until lunch time walking the streets and ally's of Bairro Alto, this part of the city is really atmospheric and not too touristy. We took a ride on the Gloria Funicular to get...

Day Thirty-one 14.4.05 William's Birthday eve. We decided to scoot down the coast to Lisbon for William's birthday. When we woke up the awning was dry. It began to spit whilst we were eating breakfast. We made a decision not to try and pack it up, but wait until the rain stopped. It took ages and meant that we headed off a lot later than planned. We took the motorway this time and messed up the toll, somehow we managed to go through the g...

Day Thirty-one 14.4.05 William's Birthday eve. We decided to scoot down the coast to Lisbon for William's birthday. When we woke up the awning was dry. It began to spit whilst we were eating breakfast. We made a decision not to try and pack it up, but wait until the rain stopped. It took ages and meant that we headed off a lot later than planned. We took the motorway this time and messed up the toll, somehow we managed to go through the g...