International Travel in COVID Times
We’ve recently returned to Europe for a bit and are waiting for the current Omicron wave to, hopefully, subside beforeContinue Reading
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Looking Back, Looking Forward
Two years ago, what seems a bit like a lifetime these days, we had just concluded our first New Year’sContinue Reading
Pedro and Ines: True Love, Assassins, Revenge and a Post Mortem Coronation
We stopped off from a quick overnight in Porto outside of Coimbra at the Quinta das Lagrimas. This was ourContinue Reading
Tasting Wines in Colares
Just up the road from Cascais and Lisbon, the oldest operating demarcated wine collective in Europe resides in Colares. We’veContinue Reading
Sunday Journal Today: Consider Portugal
If you follow our travel blog here, you may also be interested in our “Sunday Journal” blog. It is theContinue Reading
All Is Quiet on the Eastern Front: Elvas
For our last stop of our September 2021 circuit of northern and central Portugal we dipped back into one ofContinue Reading
Meandering through the Mountains of Portugal
Interior northern Portugal has a lot to offer. Pine forested mountain tops overlook little villages and vinho verde vineyards (“greenContinue Reading
The Dogs of Bragança
As though it were planned (it was not) we landed in Bragança on the autumnal equinox (ok, one day late).Continue Reading
In the Cradle of Portugal: Guimarães
In the category of, why did we not stay here longer, is the city of Portugal’s (or at least modernContinue Reading
The Churches of Braga
Climbing the slight incline from the train station, the third largest city in Portugal is unremarkable at first until youContinue Reading
The Traveling Ridleys 