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A rainy February weekend away in Oporto, northern Portugal. Flew with Ryanair for the first time. Very cheap ticket, leaving some $$ to splurge on a great hotel, the Hotel Infante de Sagres in Oporto...
Heading off to Oporto for the weekend. I'm hoping the yummy food will make up for the horrible weather. Porto 5 Day Forecast Day Weather Max. Day Temperature (CF) Min. Night Temperature (CF) Wind Direction and Speed(mphkm/h) Humidity Pressure Visibility Fri Night weather Heavy Rain 10C 50F This data unavailable for night Sat Day weather Heavy Rain 17C 63F 10C 50F South South Easterly27mph 43km/h 80...
With this Mozaga Malvasía Seca, we finish up the last night in Fuerteventura. Steve
Last day on Lanzarote. After a visit to Arrecife, the island's capital, we spent the rest of the day geologically. Lots of lava flows - spectacular landscapes.
Dinner in Yaiza at La Casona de Yaiza. Another fine Lanzarote white wine - this one a Stratvs Malvosía seco. Dessert was a chocolate volcano with red berries. Yum!
We're staying in Yaiza, home of one of the Lanzarote wines you can see in an earlier post. So, how do you grow grapes on an arid, windswept rock off the coast of Africa? Well, you build a wall to shelter...
We caught a ferry to come visit Lanzarote for a couple days. It's slightly less arid, with prettier towns, but definitely outclassed by Fuerteventura in quantity and quality of beaches. Below, a volcanic...
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