Picking up Patrick the "CHIQUE"

Ratatouille is a good funny and tasty word to start the story of one cool adventure of three good friends in Portugal. I pick up the amazing cookerRita Ratatouille in her hiding paradise in ugly Gaia, in between nice cookingsmells, tires, and wine, so good to know that I have someone to understandthe Berlin experience that I still cannot put in words.From her balcony, I made the best Porto's picture that I only sawin books, and that I know my eyes painted it in my heart!So strange this feeling to receive a bit of Berlin, in our land.

Patrick is arriving uh uh uh Patrick is arriving!We should prepare something special for Patrick's arrival...we thought Should we dress up hot and crazy? should we overdress and let him think we're totally different in our homeland...should we....We let this crazy welcome ideas, we robed a simple flower, we drew a sweetwelcome paper and we jump in between the wild not polite travel agents.Patrick was really overwhelmed by this nice welcomeseeing these two so sweet girls waiting for him with the sign"Herr Patrick Chique".Patrick grew up, we thought in between big Hugh.

Fizemo nos a estrada.... Vamos? we left Lisboa direction Porto, always near the coast, in between strong blue sky and crazy see. We stopped in Cascais for a swim and breakfast. Summer Portuguese style to start a good morning?

Cascais, is traditionally a seaside fishing village, a famous bathing portsince 19 th century, the old summer residence of the Portuguese monarchy.Nowadays still is "the place" for rich people to live, a hot spot for surfers, and a paradise for ice creams, a village that for touristy reasons doesn't want to become a city even when its population is growing and growing.

Maybe it is a real nice start for a vacation like this. When away from tourists, you can loosed yourself in the small white streets with small houses and gardens, this village still has its romance and charm,making you feeling that here people lives all the year in holidays.A

And we two...here we felt the powerful and relaxing feeling of holidays when warm for the sun we went for a cold swim in a clean water,Yellow beaches surrounded for palaces and houses falling on the rocks. The village is also prepared to proportionate life quality to its habitants. On this pad near the water disposals and machines give people the opportunity to do sport. Cool!We walked out of shoes, out of clothes...

The village is also prepared to proportionate life quality to its habitants. Onthis pad near the water disposals and machines give people the opportunityto do sport. Cool!We walked out of shoes, out of clothes...i forgot the portuguse social conventions and walked around on bikini, and Patrick exhibited his sexy underwear in the streets of Cascais. It feels like holidays!

And Maria almost crying when passing near irresistible grills full of sea food... and didn't have this holidays flavour.Humm hum hum Portuguese food is amazing!...wegan food also... Lisboa brought me a good wegan food experience. Wegan is good written patrick?


On the way out of Cascais we stopped in "Boca do Inferno" (Hell's Mouth, arecess of the coast surrounded by craggy rocks and caves, providing a fantastic spectacle when the sea dashes against them on stormy days.But when we arrived there was not much to see beside tourists and nice rock formations.



But the next stop outside the villages at a very rocky and windy beach was maybe from dreamland and the sun was always taking care of Patrick!uh uh uh strong see heating the rocks, the fisherman catching something undus, opening our arms and embracing nature that is so strong in this spot. "Titanic Patrick" loved this place and we too!


The stop after was celebrated with a cool picnic, that Rita provided welcome to Cabo da Roca!


Cabo da Roca is a cape<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlands_and_bays>that forms the westernmostpoint of mainland Europe It was known to the Romansas 'Promontorium Magnum' and during the Ageof Sail as the Rock of Lisboa .


Above the 140 meters cliffs, we hided ourselves a little bit from the tourist groups,(there are quite a lot of them there)hearing a lot of different languages in our hide from behind,and we drunk "Irreverente" wine enjoying the nice view of hills and the rocky coast.

there on the landscape stopped being the main attraction, and we saw how a car and wine can do good to Patrick. He felt a sleep like a baby,moving his head in funny ways, and snoring, trusting totally in my drive abilities until we arrived in Obidos. Considered to be one of the jewels of Portugal's national heritage, perchedon a hill rising out of an agricultural plain, Obidos was once a wedding gift from King Dinis to Queen Isabel. This Charming small and fortified townis really suggestive of a medieval film set, stopped in time


Its beautyis retained in its narrow streets and elegant white washed buildings with balconies with colorful and perfumed flowers.

In Óbidos we proved Patrick for the first (but definitely not the last...) how good we are as guides, showing him a nice overview of the cemetery...Them we celebrated the sunset and first day in Portugal with Toupeirinha, asweet dangerous drink.


This time also Maria spoke with the angels while sleeping until Rita brought us to Porto,where a delicious Ratatouille was waiting for us in Rita's paradise,where Diana also joined us for Dinner.

While Rita almostalmost ((really)ahahahah) falling a sleep on her couch, Maria, Diana and Patrick went out to outside bar near the river, where Patrick was already astonished to see the beautiful portuguese girls.Here Patrick could eat (lopinos) again, remembering the time when Diana introduced them to him in Berlin. And he really loves them. (so the next day he bought 2 Kilos, 2 Kilos!!)Going further together with Diana the Porto nightlife knowing girl we went to another bar, which had a interesting locationon top floor of a building in the city center_MAUS HABITOS_ with 4 or more differentrooms, but a dancefloor with shitty music, as Patrick would say it.So this so nice first day concludes,...

(I think we should keep the dialogues ... It really shows the group dynamic!)

rita says!!!

and i say...writting in group is fucking difficult! Hope you enjoyed and don't hesitate to come for a visit, we are really good guides....ahahahaha!