Sunday, January 10, 2010




Up at the crack of dawn... couldn't really tell what time the sun rose up due to the clouds.

Anyway we headed back to Belem to visit a few museums. Firstly the Coach, then the Archaeology, finally the Maritime.

The coach was great, didn't know there was so much to learn about the horse draw mode of transport. Dee and the kids found the second, not so good (I was looking for WiFi to book our seats on the flights home). The Maritime was also very well displayed and informative.



Funny story about the WiFi. There is a Starbuck's in Belem -- we knew this from our previous visit -- and with the purchase of a not too bad espresso we got access to the WiFi. Actually we didn't, and neither could the staff... oh ho ho ho! We were informed that the centre across the way had a hot spot, it didn't. Finally we were told McDonald's had it. The problem, well one of them was that it was hidden. McDonald's has never been one to hide its presence, but boy they really tried in Belem.

The second problem is I think McDonald's is to cuisine what Hitler was to world peace. So having paid money for shit fries we got access and booked our seats home.


After taking a cleansing was in a torrential down pore we hit a restaurant that Dee had read about in her ever present guide book, called Nunu's. Nunu's specialise in sea food. We had a starter of proscuitto on toast and a whole crab mixed with mayo and other stuff then served back in the top of the crab shell. For main courses, I had the squid with prawn on a skewer, Dee had the lobster. Anwen and G split a battered fish with s bread soup, which was more like a stew. White wine for those that were old enough. Dessert was Mango mousse, Chocolate mousse and








Nunu's pudding, which was cream caramel in anything but name.





We then hit the gift shop at a gallery we had previously visited at the start of the trip and bought all sorts.

For the trip home we decided to take the tram all the way back to the apartment, it was our final tram ride, and is always great.

So there you go, our final day in Portugal, very sorry to be leaving, I think, even with the not so great weather we have had, we have seen lots, eaten lots and enjoyed the whole experience as a family.


We hope you have enjoyed our blog, and well be seeing you all soon.


Ciao





















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