Driving – Spain & Portugal

Lots of viaducts and tunnels and tolls. AVIS gave me a small pre-paid fob thingy (Toll Transponder) that stuck on the windscreen (as extra cost of course) that beeps each time at a toll and the fob is charged.

A few wrong turns or exiting off motorways at the wrong time, merging traffic, Ollie freaking out almost wearing out her passengers braking foot. But so far nobody dead and no accidents.

Bilbao to Pamplona, Salamanca, Douro Valley. We did go to Pinhao but the place was packed so we moved on, a nice mountain road took us through some small villages complete with a very narrow cobble stone road through them. Then on to Porto. A bit of an issue parking once again as the streets and parking buildings were packed.

Then following day Porto to Figueiro da Foz which was a bit of a dissapointment, but then popped back up to Aveiro which was a lovely place, and ended up at a luxury private hotel – Hotel Quinta Das Lagrimas which was a building from the 1300’s and massive gardens. Posh but cheap enough.

Tomorrow down to Lisbon.