Hermann’s Holiday in Coimbra
In which Sid and Doris visit Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic buildings but find little trace of the Moors.
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Sights for More Eyes 1
Some of Doris’s observations which don’t neatly fit into the daily blog. In this post: the art deco delights of the Monumental Palace Hotel; more things made of tyres; something that you really didn’t know about Nottingham; and something you really didn’t want to know about St Bernard.
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Hermann’s visit to Aveiro
In which Sid and Doris try and nearly fail to visit the famous Art Nouveau town.
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Hermann’s Holiday in Porto
In which Sid and Doris take to buses and trams, and Sid loses at crazy golf. Again.
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Hermann’s Holiday visit to the Douro Valley and Porto
In which Sid and Doris visit the world champion of kitsch and four marvels of civil engineering.
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Hermann’s Holiday in Braga
In which Sid and Doris see Braga from Roman, through Gothic and Baroque to Modern and hear a Jazz choir sing carols.
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Hermann’s Holiday from Portsmouth to Braga
In which Sid and Doris find The Continent cut off.
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Hermann’s Winter Holiday 2021/22
In which Hermann takes Sid and Doris on a mighty journey through Spain and Portugal over Christmas and New Year.
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RAC 2021: To the end
In which Sid and Stefan and The Beast do actually finish the RAC (spoiler alert a bit late there).
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RAC 2021: Storm Arwen and other forces of nature
That Friday night we had the adventure of Storm Arwen. The RAC often/usually/always has snow and ice which is surely part of the charm along with the five day endurance, mud, rain, sleet, dark and cold. In 2017 we had a lot of ice in Scotland. And this year we actually had snow tyres rimmed up, courtesy of Owen Turner,…
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