Quercus Suber 'The Conquerer'

The first king of Portugal

Garden of Viriato Oliveira

Guimaraes

Guimaraes.... this is the City in Portugal that has been chosen as 'European City of Culture 2011' it is a beautiful place...lots of old buildings, galleys... an amazing conference center... and bars.

First king of Portugal

Viriato and me

Viriato won the 'New Talent' For Portugal, this young guy is one to watch. Old farts like me have every reason to be worried!

Eating outside

The last time this year for me!

Cervejaria martins in Guimaraes

A great place for lunch

No Meeting in Galizia is complete without a Coffee 'Solo'

Barbecue at Alberto's

It is Horse meat!

Pink Floyd of Viriatos back.... and Marcio with a Flying Pig! and a huge amount of meat!

Albertos Terrace of bonsai

So... the guys from Portugal are thinking 'tomorrow I will go home and burn my whole collection and start agin'

Galizia and Portugal Treaty

Albertos Garden and shot of the guys.... they are kind to me because they ALL speak English

The Train from Lisbon to Porto

I took the High speed train from Lisbon to Porto with Marcio, I noticed that we were traveling at 222 Km/h VERY fast... by the time I took the photo we dropped down to 216

Sporting Clube de Portugal & SL Benfica

this was a BIG stadium

Lunch at the beach

The guys from Bonsai Club Braga have lunch in style at the beach

In the Grotto at Bom Jesus in Braga

Bom Jesus.... wow what a great place. A funicular Railway that is powered by water, and Views across Braga that are priceless.

Bom Jesus de Braga

In the first Bar in Porto.... not exactly Porto..but across the water in Giai