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Walking holiday in Portugal: Cascais

Trish Burgess Posted on08/06/201904/07/2019 Cascais, Inntravel, Pathways and Palaces of Sintra, Walking holiday in Portugal 12 Comments

Cascais town centre in Portugal

In the arrivals hall of Lisbon airport we hunted for our names in a sea of A4 laminated cards. We were expecting Miguel to pick us up but the smiling face of Sebastian greeted...

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*Japan* Trish’s Top Tip - when you plan to visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, make sure it’s open! We rocked up on a Tuesday, the day after a national holiday, so the East Gardens, normally open to the public, were shut. We did see the famous Nijubashi Bridge with the watchtower of the palace in the distance. This is actually a double bridge. There’s an iron one behind this stone one.

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*Japan* Another favourite photo of mine from our trip to Miyajima Island, near Hiroshima. We spent a wonderful day here, walking amongst the wild (but very tame) deer. We gave the rickshaw a miss but I’m glad it’s in the shot. #japan #miyajima #deer

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THANK YOU, JAPAN! We flew out to Japan for the start of the Rugby World Cup to support Scotland in the pool matches. We’ve been home for a few weeks but still felt a part of the tournament as we watched all the other matches on the TV. Congratulations to South Africa; commiserations to England. But a huge thank you to the people of Japan who were the most gracious, joyous hosts. I’ll never forget this trip of a lifetime. Arigato gozaimasu! 🇯🇵❤️

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Fantastic to see poet, writer, ‘peaky blinder’ and all-round cool guy celebrating the 1st birthday of our local charity bookshop. He chatted to everyone, signed books and performed some of his poetry. Congratulations to The Holbeach Bookshop and the team of volunteers 📚🎉👏👏

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A job for life? There are about 10,000 Torii gates at the Fushimi-Inari shrine. I think this chap’s going to be kept busy, keeping the inscriptions legible. #kyoto #fushimiinaritaisha #toriigate #japan ⛩🇯🇵

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Standing at the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, I was waiting for the lights to change so I could film the pedestrians all crossing at once. I didn’t expect to capture a group of go-karters whizzing by. Kudos to these mad people, dressing up in cartoon costumes and driving along the busiest streets in the city! 🏎🚦🌃

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*Kyoto* We saw so much during our day trip to Kyoto. Taking the train from Osaka was cheap and easy. We wandered through the Gion District then headed to Kiyomizu-dera temple. It’s a busy place but somehow the crowds dispersed just as I took this shot of the steps to the west gate. #kyoto #kiyomizudera #japan

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Back home after nearly a month in Japan. What a fascinating, beautiful, inspiring country it is! I loved seeing the old and new, the modern and traditional. In Kyoto, so many people were dressed up in kimonos - like this lady we spotted in the Gion district. #kyoto #kimono #gion

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Scotland’s hopes have been dashed as they bow out of the Rugby World Cup, defeated by the mighty Japan 🇯🇵 We have had a fantastic few weeks in this wonderful country. The Japanese are a kind, friendly, warm-hearted nation. It’s been a joy to stay in their country ♥️🇯🇵

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Happy hour!! 🍹🍹Waiting for Typhoon Hagibis on the 40th floor of Hotel New Otani in Tokyo🇯🇵♥️💦💦💨💨

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And I would walk 500 miles.... On our way to the Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa for yesterday’s Scotland v Russia match in #rwc2019 What a brilliant day! We won 61-0 and the atmosphere in the stadium was electric thanks to thousands of Japanese school children bussed in to fill the seats! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Love 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 Thanks to @mlroberts1010 for taking this photo - one of my favourites from the trip!

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