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Amazing Train Journeys

Portugal (Season 8, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Documentary
A nice journey of Philippe Gougler from Porto ( the famous Dom Luís I Bridge built by the French architect Théophile Seyrig- disciple of Gustave Eiffel-, now Unesco World Heritage site, the young Victor Hugo and Rafael jumping into the the...See moreA nice journey of Philippe Gougler from Porto ( the famous Dom Luís I Bridge built by the French architect Théophile Seyrig- disciple of Gustave Eiffel-, now Unesco World Heritage site, the young Victor Hugo and Rafael jumping into the the waters of the Douro river, the tourists giving money for the spectacle, the railway station of Porto with its azulejos) to the region of Tras o Montes ( the woman plowing the field with a donkey, the donkey works better than a tractor, Philippe plowing the field, the riding on the donkey to the village, the veterinary Mario taking care for a female donkey with teeth problems) passing the train of the kings,queens and popes transformed into a gastronomic train ( the preparing a fish soup, the dining car, the talk with the passengers,the Porto wine, the mussels and the beautiful landscapes of the Douro river) by Porto again (the fishmonger Fatima selling fishes in the street, the walk along the banks of the Douro, the meeting of Fatima with other women at the Municipal wash house, the washing of the clothes and the songs of the women, the importance to be together, the community clothesline near the wash house), by Lisbon ( the Alfa pendular train, the talk with a lady about the "saudade", the Portuguese melancholy, the arrival at the modern Oriente station, Lisbon with its funicular railways, tramways and the Santa Justa lift, the tramway line 28 going to Alfama, Graça and Baixa, the shop with the bacalhau, the Rossio square and the railway station in Manuelin style) and by Sintra (the train full of visitors from all the world, the Palace of the Pena built for the King Ferdinand II of Portugal and the Palace of Montserrate built for the English merchant Francis Cook). Written by zutterjp48 See less
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Lisa Bouchet
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Updated Aug 30, 2018
Release date
Aug 30, 2018 (France)

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Amazing Train Journeys (2011)
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