For The Love Of Port

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

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

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?

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

Do mobile phones (Cellphone) work in the Douro?

Derek

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.

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.

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 :)

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

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?

Trust me, sleep is very much overrated. 8)

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

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.

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

My name is Derek, and I'm cellphoneoholic

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.

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

Jay

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:

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 ??

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.