Still Sunday, still daylight. Still questing after fresh air. We left El Olivar and headed for Palacio Real. And like the Prado, it felt more like we were checking off something on our to-do list than anything else. Palacio Real … Continue reading →
Blackout shades & quiet room equal sleeping in. If a child hadn’t slamed the door across the hall and yelled at his sibling, we may have slept into the afternoon. As it was, we woke at 10:30; left the room … Continue reading →
After a lovely day enjoying Retiro, we headed back to our hotel to check in and shower away more than 24 hours worth of grunge. We were assigned room 529, overlooking a charming side street with several bars and night … Continue reading →
I realize that my blog has been jumping around instead of following the actual time-line of our travels. So, I’m starting over here. I’m pretending it is week one and I’m going to begin an account of our trip to … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →