We stay in the Faro region once more, take a boat trip through the Ria Formosa - and then bury our planned route entirely, because the weather on the Iberian peninsula simply will not settle…

Out in the Ria Formosa

After the mud there is one thing we need above all: hot showers. We stay considerably longer than planned, hike the cliff coast up and down, reach the end of the continent - and then get thoroughly shaken by a storm…

The cliffs near Zambujeira do Mar

It starts harmlessly enough: a hike, a workshop, a good restaurant. Then it rains all night, the gravel track transforms - and we spend three days stuck at a spot we had not considered at all…

The track looks worse than it did the day before

We reach our destination for the holidays and stand on a proper campsite for the first time in ages. From there we explore a city where it is really only ever uphill or downhill…

Hello Portugal, hello Lisbon