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A weekend in Porto with friends

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Where are we going this year? That’s how this journey began … After Madrid last year, we made a statement: – A weekend just for friends, once per year! The choices were: Edinburgh or Prague, but Portugal spoke louder and we chose the city of Porto. And so it was… Where we stayed at Porto We stayed at the Gallery Hostel, Rua Miguel Bombarda. This is a street full of art galleries, alternative shops and friendly cafes. It is also a few minutes walk from the ‘Aliados’, not far from ‘Ribeira’, near the river. One of the highlights of this area is the street art and historical buildings covered in beautiful tiles. It also has a “ commerce center that is not a shopping”, the CCBombarda which offers affordable restaurants and creative shops. The Gallery Hostel is excellent. The rooms are nice, clean, spacious and so are the bathrooms. It has a very nice social area and breakfast is included. They also make dinner for 10 € with drinks included. Staff is very welcoming. What …

A weekend in Madrid

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When I was a teenager, every year, me and my girfriends used to spend a week’s holiday together. Then came college, a few marriages and one divorce, children, day to day concerns, work and  time ran … 15 years later, we thought it was time to find a solution to meet again in similar circumstances; book a week’s holiday with friends without children or husbands, or hours to arrive … To talk, laugh, walk, “sing and change clothes ” (this didn’t happened too much …) but especially to revive a friendship that unites us and which we treasure. There was also that curiosity inherent to the point; could we have fun as before? The choice was multiple: Prague, Lisbon, Barcelona, Porto and finally MADRID. It was a great choice, check out why: 1. Flights at affordable prices. We’ve booked it a year ago (almost) and got a great deal:. FX-Lx-Madrid, return flight  for about 200 euros. 2. Uhostel Our room had 3 bunk beds (we could be together in one room) private bathroom and was very well located, plus 5 minutes away from Metro. 3. San …

O Verão e o Carnaval de Roterdão

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  Celebrating good times and togetherness in Rotterdam. Where more than 50% of the people that live here are not originaly from Holland. Loved the colours the dance, the music and happy smiles like this. Uma foto publicada por Ana Sofia (@frommadeiratomars) ligar Jul 7, 2014 at 9:55 PDT     Estavam 30 graus, o asfalto quente e os canais estagnados. Não havia brisa, nem pitada de nuvens. A cidade estava cheia de todo o mundo. Ao som da batucada dos tambores, rodopiando e curtindo o som caribenho que saía dos altifalantes, passavam milhares de pessoas de todas as idades.   “In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes” Andy Warhol #rotterdam #rotterdamunlimited #ru14 Uma foto publicada por Ana Sofia (@frommadeiratomars) ligar Jul 7, 2014 at 10:11 PDT Roterdão é fascinante. Não só pela sua arquitectura, pela vida cosmopolita holandesa, pela história que se escreve e o ambiente que se vive.   Capital of Contemporary Architecture #Rotterdam Uma foto publicada por Ana Sofia (@frommadeiratomars) ligar Jul 7, 2014 at 4:31 PDT   Roterdão é ilimitada, assim …