The beaches of Algarve

• Albufeira
• Praia da Coelha
• Praia da Falésia – Açoteias/Alfamar
• Praia da Galé
• Praia da Oura
• Praia da Rocha Baixinha
• Praia de Santa Eulália
• Praia de São Rafael
• Praia do Barranco das Belharucas
• Praia do Castelo – Guia
• Praia do Evaristo
• Praia do Túnel ou Peneco
• Praia dos Arrifes
• Praia dos Aveiros
• Praia dos Olhos de Água
• Praia dos Pescadores
• Praia dos Salgados
• Praia Manuel Lourenço
• Praia Maria Luísa
• Alcoutim
• Praia Fluvial do Pego Fundo
• Aljezur
• Praia da Amoreira
• Praia da Arrifana
• Praia da Bordeira ou Carrapateira
• Praia de Odeceixe
• Praia de Vale Figueiras
• Praia do Amado
• Praia do Monte Clérigo
• Praia do Vale dos Homens
• Armação de Pêra
• Praia de Armação de Pêra
• Praia Grande
• Castro Marim
• Praia da Alagoa
• Praia do Cabeço/Retur
• Praia Verde
• Faro
• Praia da Ilha da Barreta / Ilha Deserta
• Praia da Ilha da Culatra
• Praia da Ilha de Faro
• Praia da Ilha do Farol
• Lagoa
• Praia da Marinha
• Praia da Senhora da Rocha
• Praia de Albandeira
• Praia de Benagil
• Praia de Vale Covo
• Praia do Carvoeiro
• Praia do Pintadinho
• Praia do Vale Centeanes
• Praia dos Caneiros
• Praia Grande – Ferragudo
• Lagos
• Praia Meia Praia
• Praia da Batata
• Praia da Luz
• Praia de Dona Ana
• Praia de Porto de Mós
• Praia do Camilo
• Praia dos Pinheiros
• Loulé – My city :)
• Praia da Quinta do Lago
• Praia de Vale do Lobo
• Praia do Ancão
• Praia do Garrão
• Praia de Quarteira
• Praia da Falésia - My favourite beach :)
• Praia do Cavalo Preto
• Monte Gordo
• Praia de Monte Gordo
• Olhão
• Praia da Ilha da Armona
• Praia da Ilha da Fuzeta
• Portimão
• Praia da Rocha
• Praia do Alvor
• Praia do Vau
• Praia dos Três Castelos
• Praia dos Três Irmãos
• Sagres
• Praia da Mareta
• Praia do Beliche
• Praia do Martinhal
• Tavira
• Praia da Ilha de Tavira
• Praia de Cabanas-Mar
• Praia do Barril
• Vila do Bispo
• Praia da Cordoama
• Praia da Ingrina
• Praia da Almádena
• Praia de Salema
• Praia do Barranco
• Praia do Burgau
• Praia do Castelejo
• Praia do Zavial
• Vila Real de Santo António
• Praia da Lota
• Praia de Manta Rota
• Praia de Santo António

Picture 1 - Falésia Beach Vilamoura/Loulé - My favourite beach in Algarve

Picture 2 - Rocks Beach - Portimão

Picture 3 - Tavira Beach ( you need to catch a boat to reach this beach)

The Algarve has 85 beaches along its coast.

Here there are some precautions to take in the beach, and they are :

- Do not expose yourself to the sun in peak hours, especially between 12 and 16h, you should avoid being in the sun;

- Wear appropriate sunscreen to your skin;

- Wear a hat or cap and sunglasses;

- Always respect the digestion time (approximately 3 hours) and still enter the water gradually to your body do not become surprised with the temperature difference;

- Always obey the orders of the lifeguard and respect the flags:

- Red Flag: Do not enter the water;
- Yellow Flag: You can take a bath but without swimming and with great care;
- Green Flag: You can continue to swim but be careful, even with the sea green flagged should be respected.

Red Flag	Yellow Flag	Green Flag

Parliament Buildings

São Bento Palace

The Palácio de São Bento, “Saint Benedict's Palace”, is the home of the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese parliament. It is located in Lisbon. Close to Bairro Alto, the Palace of São Bento was formerly known as the seat of the National Assembly during the “Estado Novo” regime. Nearby is the official residence of Portugal’s Prime Minister.

Just behind the main building there is a mansion that serves as residence for the Prime Minister of Portugal. The mansion, dated from 1877, was built within the garden of the old monastery. It has been the Prime Minister's official residence since 1938, when Salazar moved in.

Hungarian Parliament Building

The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube River, in Budapest. It is currently the largest building in Hungary.

Budapest was united from three cities in 1873 and seven years later the National Assembly resolved to establish a new, representative Parliament Building, expressing the supreme and independent authority of the nation. An international competition was held, and Imre Steindl emerged as the winner. Construction from the winning plan was started in 1885 and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896, and completed in 1904.

About one thousand people were involved in construction, during which 40 million bricks, half a million precious stones and 40 kilograms of gold were used. After World War II the diet became single-chambered and today the government uses only a small portion of the building. During the communist regime a red star perched on the top of the dome, but was removed in 1990. Mátyás Szurös declared the Hungarian Republic from the balcony facing Lajos Kossuth Square on 23d October in 1989.

Curiosity :

The architect (Steindl) of the Hungarian Parliament went blind before its completion and died in 1902 in Budapest.

Portuguese money

The teacher Paulo Ribeiro has posted the Hungarian money and now its my turn to post the portuguese money most commonly named "Euro" :)

Lisbon Bridges

25 of April Bridge

The 25 of April Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the south side of the Tejo river. It was inaugurated on August 6 of 1966 and a train platform was added in 1999. Because of its similar color, it is often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA. In fact, it was built by the same company (American Bridge Company) that constructed the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. With a total length of 2,277 m, it is the 20th largest suspension bridge in the world. The upper platform carries six car lanes, the lower platform two train tracks. Until 1974, the bridge was named Salazar Bridge.

• Altitude to the water : 70 m

• Daily traffic : 150 000 cars / 157 trains

Vasco da Gama Bridge

The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and range views that spans the Tejo River near Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the longest bridge in Europe, and ninth longest in the world, with a total length of 17.2 km, including 0.829 km for the main bridge, 11.5 km in viaducts, and 4.8 km in dedicated access roads. Its purpose is to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's other bridge (25 of April Bridge), and to join previously unconnected motorways radiating from Lisbon. The bridge was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998, 18 months after construction first began, just in time for Expo 98, the World's Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.

algarve, o segredo mais famoso da europa

This is what you are going to find in Algarve

The video title its in portuguese, but the translation into english its "Algarve, the most famous secret in the europe"

I hope you enjoy the video ! :D

Dub FX 10/10/2008 'Love Someone'

True music talent!

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge

The Chain bridge is a suspension bridge, and it connects Buda and Pest. It becomes the symbol of the Hungarian capital. The bridge was build by an englishman named William Tierney Clark. The construction works began in 1839 and continued for ten years, the foundation stone was placed in 1842 and the bridge was completed in 1849, but it was open to traffic a lot earlier.

The construction works consumed a high amount of money, with the total amount was nearly 6.57 million forints. The structure consisted of 2146 tons of iron, for a long time it was the world's biggest suspension bridge with a length of 380 meters and a width of 14.5 meters. The Chain Bridge has been reconstructed on numerous occasions, the steel stucture was reinforced in 1914 and 1919, while the iron chains were changed to carbon iron.

The bridge suffered the most damage during the Second World War on the 18 January 1945, the reconstruction works began in 1947. They strived to reconstruct the bridge according to the original plans, making it possible of serving the city's increasing human and vehicle traffic.

The 160 years old bridge is one of the most precious treasures of Budapest and Hungary, there is still a lot of trafficc on the bridge every day.