Thursday 30 April 2009

Last Wednesday: Back in Spain.

We set off from Porto in the morning. After 30 minutes we hopped over the border with Spain and soon arrived at Baiona. Baiona is a small po...
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Monday 27 April 2009

Sunset over Afurada fishing port.

It only takes me 10 minutes to cross the Douro river and arrive at not-so-much busy port of Afurada ( google map: São Pedro da Afurada ). At...
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Sunday 26 April 2009

Rhubarb session

Green Rhubarb stalks in our kitchen. There are many different species of Rhubarb . Most of them were brought to Europe and the Americas from...
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Friday 24 April 2009

Our garden colours in middle April

From the top left: fast growing and just beginning to flower - blue Passion Flower ( Passiflora Caerulea), our 10 meters high red flowering...
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Tuesday 21 April 2009

I stepped into mud.

What kind of sacrifice can a photographer take in pursuit of the best angle and the most favorable light? I stepped yesterday into the mud...
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Sunday 19 April 2009

Dom Luis I bridge, Porto, Portugal.

One of the main tourist attractions of city of Porto, Portugal. Iron bridge built between 1881 and 1885 spans the Douro river in a singl...
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Saturday 18 April 2009

Champions League: Manchester United - FC Porto

Welcome to FC Porto stadium called "Dragão" ( which means "a dragon" in Portuguese ) for the last Wednesday´s Champions ...
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Friday 17 April 2009

Bad weather in Portugal. Winter strikes back ?

For the last two weeks continental Portugal has been continually hit by cold weather fronts coming from the northern Atlantic. Far from norm...
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Thursday 16 April 2009

Petrochemical refinery photographed at high tide.

Sunset over oil refinery of Leça da Palmeira, near Porto in Portugal. High tide on the western coast of Portugal occurs every 12 hours. It ...
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Tuesday 14 April 2009

Memories from Morges, Switzerland.

Lake Geneva vineyards panorama as seen from Chexbres. ( click to enlarge ) . I´m an early birdy so woke up at 5 a.m. and took that photo...
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Monday 13 April 2009

Our garden colours in early April

From the upper left: French Lavender, Bougainvillea, fresh leaves of our Laurel tree, colorful wild Daisies, red Azalea, Spike Lavender, red...
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Saturday 11 April 2009

New pier in my town

A view from the new pier. Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean. Where Douro river meets the Atlantic Ocean a new concrete pier was recently built....
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Thursday 9 April 2009

The only tea plantations in Europe

This is the only place in Europe where tea can be grown. The Azores Islands. Middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The only tea factory and tea pla...
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Tuesday 7 April 2009

Sameiro Sanctuary

Tuesday April 07th, 2009. So finally we are in for a Easter Holly Week. Today in the morning we headed 40 kms north of Porto to a small vill...
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Sunday 5 April 2009

Azores Islands - Continued

It is thought that the name of archipelago Azores is derived from the bird named Goshawk ( "Açor" in Portuguese ), which was comm...
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Thursday 2 April 2009

Islands of Azores - remnants of Atlantis

In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is a small group of nine of volcanic islands known as Azores. These islands are probably the surviving r...
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