Porn Stars Outside Our Window
While in Lisboa, one of our favorite things to do was lean on our windowsill with a glass of ice cold Vinho Verde and watch all the cool stuff happening in the Praca below. One day we look out to … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Preparing to prepare to prepare to write my trip reports
I spent the entire day today organizing photos from Spain & Portugal. More than 700 of them. Just organizing them, mind you. Not even rotating the ones that are supposed to be vertical! All I’ve done so far is put … Continue reading →
Lisboa Dreamin’
Like the old Mamas and Papas song, California Dreamin’, I wish I was in Lisboa. I admit, I’m not a city girl. I don’t like the frantic pace. I don’t like crowds of people pushing their way through a grey … Continue reading →
Funny Story
We are in Evora today. And were ‘hustled’ for lunch. Funny, story. We were looking for a place to eat and poked our heads into what looked like a typical bar with the restaurant in the back. It looked very … Continue reading →
Dinner at Friends’
We were dinner guests in a friends home in Braga (Portugal) last night. The starter course included Cod Tongue, Braised Mushrooms, and a medley of sausages from four different regions of Portugal. The main course was a hearty dish of … Continue reading →
Hit the Wall
Last night was a sort of ‘hit-the-wall’ day for me. We didn’t have a particularly hectic day, but we did have a LOT of trouble navigating one particular town. By the time we got home, I just wanted to shower … Continue reading →
Spectacular
While in Madrid trying to use the WiFi in our hotel, the settings got so screwed up on Dan’s computer we can’t use his WiFi. So, we were dependant on cybers (Internet cafe). We were in such small towns in … Continue reading →
Costa de Morte from Fisterra
I´m making Dan sit and cool his heels while I read and post. (Plus, this is a non-smoking cyber) Yesterday was a day that I am sure I will not be able to do justice to in a trip report. … Continue reading →
Catching Up from the Boonies
Hi everyone, I´m dipping my toe in again from another Internet cafe. Forgive me for not taking the time to read everyone´s posts before I added another. Dan is finished sending all his e-mails and antsy to get out of … Continue reading →
Live From Galicia
Hi everyone! I´m in an Internet cafe in a little town on the southern coast of Galicia. We are having trouble with WiFi availability so our computer is pretty useless. So far, we´ve stuck to only one of the destinations … Continue reading →