I'm back (from Portugal/Spain)! :D :banana:
... just had to say this, sorry. ;)
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I'm back (from Portugal/Spain)! :D :banana:
... just had to say this, sorry. ;)
Wow Themis, that sounds quite exciting!
May I ask, where/what you were doing over in Spain/Portugal?
welcom back Themis :)
Thanks, miss tenderness. :)
Nothing at all. :D Okay, that's not entirely true.Quote:
Originally Posted by TEND
I was there with my parents. First we visited Santiago de Compostela where we stayed for two days and visited the town and the Cathedral. (Which is really beautiful!) Then, for 13 days we stayed in a village (Vila de Punhe) in Portugal near Viana do Castelo. From there we visited six or seven towns and villages in the surrounding area. I could look the names up but I think they were were Valença (at the border to Spain), Monçao, Caminha, Ponte da Barca and Ponte de Lima. Maybe Braga, too.
Ooooh very nice. I would absolutely love to one day go and see Spain...well all of Europe actually. My first trip is scheduled for the next 8 or 9 months or so, I'm off to Germany. Maybe I'll swing by Vienna while I'm there Themis :p .
Oh, do try. ;) you'll be surprised how far off that can be.
Ah, but it would be well worth the trip ;) . I'll probably end up trying to pass through Prague anyways, I mean that's practically halfway anyways!
And so close! :rolleyes: Only 250 kilometres away.Quote:
Originally Posted by TEND
Not far at all! I'm from Canada, everythings 250 kilometres away.
I hope not! I´m going there in August for two weeks, I wouldn't like to see only roads for 17 days.
Hmm, depends whereabouts you are, there is beautiful nature all over the country, but major cities tend to be few and far between, save for within southern Ontario. Out in the prairies there tend to be about 2 cities per province and even they tend to be 3 or so hours apart.
I could tell you where I'll be - if only I had actually listened to what my brother and his girlfriend (with whom I'll be traveling) said. But I think we'll start in Halifax and go to Toronto. Somehow. No actual idea how. :blush: I'll have to take a look at the map, soon.
Ahh, very nice Halifax is my favorite city in the country I've visited so far. It's beautiful and has an undescribable charm. I cannot say the same for Toronto though, in Toronto, you know you're in a city, if you know what I mean. In between there are some very nice cities and towns though, Ottawa and Montreal are especially lovely.
I know what you mean. Must be a little like Vienna. Only in a bigger way.
A friend of my brother's works in Toronto for the year, so that's why we're headed there. But we'll perhaps be able to visit a national park up north too and stay there for a night. Which is a very exciting prospect for a girl such as myself. I'll be probably spend that particular night screaming at every little insect that comes my way. ;)
Oh, and there will be lots of em. :lol:
Have fun though, it must be exciting visiting a new country, I've yet to leave the continent so I wouldn't know quite yet. You must tell me how it goes once you return though.