It was a grand birthday party with all the important ingredients: food, family & dogs. Mostly it was a blur.

Small hotels hold their own charm. This one up the hill from the harbour in Porto (green shutters, middle) had 2 balcony doors which overlooked a small square. One of the advantages in travelling light is that you can carry your gear up 2 or 3 flights. It was dead quiet at night.

Signs

Signs that make me happy just to read them

The Atlantic Pyrenees

The Atlantic Pyrenees maybe low but very scenic and it was hard not to stop the car every 10 seconds for another pic. I think you can see how narrow the road and how good to have a (Panda) Fiat with standard gears, the better to not have smokin' brakes!

More of Mont St. Michel

It was an overcast day here and I tried to take pictures without people in then but there were hordes. I can't image what summer must be like if this was October. We parked on the causeway and left after our visit to come back at night. Where we had parked was underwater .

Town and Country

I can never decide if I like the beautiful countryside, the small inns right on the narrow road, the ancient or the jumble of towns

The End of the World

Cape Segres is at the south-western-most point of Portugal (Henry the Navigator et al sailed from here) and Bruce and I drove out from the Algarve town of Salema where we were staying, just to see the sunset one evening. I couldn't believe that in October so many others would be there also. The cliffs were very steep and one settled a derriere on any outcropping. It was somehow very satisfying to say I've seen the end of the world and it's lovely.