Avril au Portugal…

Portugal, the home of a people
Par Ian Swarbrick http://www.imagesfromthewild.ch

Le photographe raconte qu’il n’avait pas très envie d'un voyage au Portugal de peur de trouver l’endroit «trop plat» comparé aux Alpes de son voisinage…
       Eh bien, il a changé d’opinion en cours de route, et par ailleurs trouvé les Portugais très accueillants.
       Ce magnifique documentaire donne envie de visiter le pays d’un bout à l’autre!  

      

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Living half an hour from the Swiss Alps I didn’t think I would be particularly enamoured with Portugal. Too flat! No soaring white peaks!

       But my wife was dead keen to go this April. And she needed a driver of our hire car.
"And look, the Alps are still snowed in, but down there the flowers will be out and the trees in bloom!"
       So off I went, trailing a pace behind her, for a 12-day car tour of mostly North Portugal, down the coast from Porto to Sintra, missing out Lisbon (next time!), and then cutting inland to some places I’d never heard of.
       In reality, I was enchanted. Portugal in April - what a "Geheimtip"! And the roads were so quiet (worrying for the economy but great for peace-loving travellers).
       I’ve written enough. I hope the video will whet your appetite better than words.
       And - not least to mention - we found the Portuguese very friendly.

For those interested, individual photos from each of the clips, showing their location, can be seen here:
http://www.imagesfromthewild.ch/SouthEurope/Portugal/North/Portugal%20-%20upper.htm

Music piece is called "the home of a people" by Zack Hemsey – see www.zackhemsey.com  

Compléments musicaux  

Ana Moura & Idan Raichel – Sabe Deus 

Cristina Branco – Fado a Minha Casa (At home!)