Portugal
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Fri 26 Aug 2005 20:03
We have been busy sailing
out of the rias at last and have made it to Porto, Portugal. So far,
sailing down the coast has been like being on an escalator, as we have a current
in our favour, as well as the wind and the swell. It is flatter and more
featureless, with an endless strip of Atlantic beach pounded by rollers. Our plan is to
go to Lisbon and then leave for Madeira after a break. Chris says 'It is
good to have the coast of death, Cote do Morte, behind us'. So, no
more one thousand foot tall jagged cliffs to gaze at nervously. We also
bought a new camera, and got the cheapest digital one in the shop,
just in case someone takes it for a swim.... Amazingly it takes video films, so
we are rapidly clogging the computer up with video clips.
Here is a picture of Otti
and Mimi at our last Spanish Stop, off the Isles de Bayona.
Otti and Mimi are putting
up a Hammock
We still haven't solved the
problem of being seasick, although apparently it improves with longer passages,
after three days. I hope this is true, and we will put it to the test when
we go on passage to Madeira. Crisps seem to help
afterwards.....
Mimi says,'Hi Everybody,
I'm having a great time, I went to this swimming pool, and we had lunch there
and I learnt to jump in. Also I'm really good at swimming, and I can do
this thing where you dive in and you swim along the bottom and we call it the
stingray, and your tummy grazes along the bottom. And also we played with
my little horses'.
Otti says,'Hi everybody out
there, today we went swimming in a cool pool and I learnt to dive!
Boo!'
Chris says: Really enjoying
the numerous old buildings of Portugal's town centres. Concrete
chaos not too much in evidence fortunately, unlike in Spain. Porto
is deservedly famous for it's old quarter - cobbled alleys, balconied tightly
packed terraces, tiled facades, and drying laundry.
ps. I can recommend the
port...