Portsmouth to Portugal 10: 23 September

[huskyteer]

I like to invest in a Michelin map for holidays, because they helpfully put a green border along the scenic routes. Today was all green borders along wiggly lines, as we averaged around 30 stunning miles per hour

Comments

[schnee]

That is such a lovely panorama.

[huskyteer]

The scenery was just stunning. I wanted to stop at every viewpoint but we'd never have arrived!

[schnee]

Aye. I'm reminded of what Murr Brewster wrote, about Denali and its wild animals: And beyond any individual miracle of an animal that might cross our path, it is the vastness and the perfection and the beauty of their rightful home that I want to gather with my eyes and decant into my soul, to sip from for the rest of my life.

I really like that mental image, and imagine this may perhaps have been how you felt.

[huskyteer]

Wow, that's beautiful. Yes!

I often think of a line from Watership Down:

O Frith on the hills! He made it all for us!

[murakozi]

I want to stay at that hotel, just based upon how it looks. It'd be even more appealing if it was in the Alps and snowy, but still, just screams "60s spy stuff happens here."

[huskyteer]

Right!? The pool was perfect too, and the decor was heavy on wood panelling and light wood chairs.

I bet it's pretty in winter.