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Portugal city breaks: European Capital of Culture Guimaraes lights up for 2012 | Mail Online

Portugal city breaks: European Capital of Culture Guimaraes lights up for 2012 | Mail Online.

Boas Notícias – EUA: Biblioteca de Coimbra é a mais bela do mundo

Boas Notícias – EUA: Biblioteca de Coimbra é a mais bela do mundo.

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart gets married in Hawaii

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart gets married in Hawaii.

D is for Douro

Thank you for your kind words regarding Douro Valley. My place of birth above Pinhao 30 minutes by car. Talking about natural beauty its all there. Lena

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Rio Douro- the river of gold

This post is entirely aspirational.  I have long wanted to visit Porto and to cruise the Douro Valley.  So far we haven’t found a convenient flight from the UK and it’s quite a way north from the Algarve.  So permit me to dream a little.

The River Douro rises in Spain and flows 897 km till it reaches the Atlantic at Porto.  Over 100 of these kilometres form the border with Spain in a series of narrow canyons- an effective barrier between two often warring nations.   The third largest river on the Iberian Peninsula, in recent times the river has been tamed by a series of locks and dams, making it navigable for all of its Portuguese length.  Looking down from the sky I always try to fathom whereabouts on the Douro we are crossing as we make our way back to Northern…

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Down

Weekly Photo Challenge: Down.