Getting ready for the HARVEST trip

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:37 am

I was thinking the same thing...that pool is calling my name 8)

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:30 am

Andy V. wrote:I was thinking the same thing...that pool is calling my name 8)

.....and if you can't last the pace and fall asleep in the taxi home from Crasto on Wednesday night you might find yourself in it

Derek

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:10 am

Putting two and two together is easier than you think eh?

Do bring a bathing suit, as a day at the Douro beach just might be in order.

Can you think of a better place to consume '63 Nacional through a straw?

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:49 am

Derek, I never sleep

Do bring a bathing suit, as a day at the Douro beach just might be in order. Can you think of a better place to consume '63 Nacional through a straw?

Roy, only if I get an umbrella to go with my straw and '63

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:46 pm

Do mobile phones (Cellphone) work in the Douro?

Derek

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:50 pm

I have seen folks using them, including Mario ... but I am not sure if cell phones from other countries would have an easy time. Mario will know best.

Frederick Blais · Post by **Frederick Blais** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:33 pm

When I go to Portugal I always have a cell phone from a Portugal company and it does work fine all around the country. The signal is not as strong in the Douro but you can use it very well.

I know that many folks in Portugal have 2 mobile phones, one for inner country calls and one for the outside country calls.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:22 pm

Andy V. wrote:
dspriggs wrote:
Jay Powers wrote: Sounds good to me, I'm in!

Jay
Sounds good to me too!

-Dave-
Count me in too

I'm in as well :)

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:27 pm

In exactly 28 days time I should be resting in my room (or face down in the pool) following a night in the lagare at Crasto 8)

Breaking News

My partner, Jo, has just returned from Spain to the UK and has reported that fluids were allowed to be taken on board in hand baggage

This could be good news for us if Portugues airports have followed their Iberian nieghbours in reverting to normal security procedures

Derek

Al B. · Post by **Al B.** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:29 pm

You reckon that you'll be back in your room as early as 11:27pm? I think not.....surely a night in the lagares doesn't start until 11:27?

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:26 am

Trust me, sleep is very much overrated. 8)

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:41 am

Alex,

I was only going on what Roy has advised us of what he and his countrymen consider a late night. Obviously you and I can stay up until 4am as usual once our friends are tucked up in bed

Derek

PS: Look again, it was 12:27

Mario Ferreira · Post by **Mario Ferreira** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:38 am

Derek Turnbull wrote:Do mobile phones (Cellphone) work in the Douro?

YES. Mobile phones do work fine in the Douro. International mobile phones should be able to accept international roaming calls. Derek, maybe it's better you check with your mobile phone provider whether your payment plan allows international roaming. Portugal is with the GSM system - the standard system for all over Europe, I guess !?!

Frédérick Blais wrote:When I go to Portugal I always have a cell phone from a Portugal company and it does work fine all around the country. The signal is not as strong in the Douro but you can use it very well.

YES, that happens. Sometimes the signal is not very strong due to the extremely irregular geographic mountains of the Douro Valley.

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:14 am

OK, so who really wants a cell phone when on vacation anyways. After all, we'll be on vacation and having the time of our lives. Think of when you were all younger and there were no cells. You went on vacation, had the time of your life, and no one bugged you. If you needed to call home, you found a pay phone (or hotel phone) and made a quick call.

Sorry guys, just my little

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:45 pm

My name is Derek, and I'm cellphoneoholic

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:54 am

My name is Roy and I enjoy smashing cellphones during Port wine tours. Think in terms of what Pete Townshend used to do to guitars. Mild mannered guy he was, a Brit after all.

Jay Powers · Post by **Jay Powers** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:40 am

I don't own a cell phone, but I'll try to find something else to bring for you to smash.

Jay

Al B. · Post by **Al B.** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:48 pm

I guess its the digital-age equivalent of throwing your vodka glass into the fire at the end of a nights drinking......throwing your cell phone into the lagar and jumping up and down on it.

:twisted:

Mario Ferreira · Post by **Mario Ferreira** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:20 am

bridgema wrote:[...]......throwing your cell phone into the lagar and jumping up and down on it. :twisted:

Goshhhhhh .....
..... for a guy like me that carries 3 cell phones that means that in the Douro I'll have 3 times more jumping up and down to be done by the end of the day than anybody else !!!
- You guys wanna kill me ??

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:00 am

Mario, we could never kill you....your cell phones are another story :twisted: :twisted: Besides, will all the exercise you will get jumping up and down you can have an extra glass or two of port.

For The Love Of Port

Getting ready for the HARVEST trip

Cell phones