Cascais: a great way to end a holiday
We ended two terrific weeks in Portugal in the beach town of Cascais (pronounced: Kish-kaysh). This town has a lotContinue Reading
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The Sintra National Palace, I mean who doesn’t have a Julius Caesar room?
Since we still had our aforementioned car, we skipped our train back to Lisbon and Cascais and detoured en routeContinue Reading
Évora. More than just a bone church.
Nestled among rolling golden hills of cattle ranches, vineyards and cork trees sits Évora, Portugal. This area is known toContinue Reading
Trains, automobiles and the Knights Templar: our side trip to Tomar, Portugal
Sometimes in Europe, the trains go on strike. That means, seemingly, limited or no information. It could be hours, orContinue Reading
Porto Portugal on a weekend
If Coimbra‘s train station makes you initially question why you are there, Porto’s embraces you with open arms. It’s wallsContinue Reading
Douro Valley: Quintas, Casas, Portos and a float
As a side trip from Porto, we arranged a private tour to the wine country of the Douro River Valley.Continue Reading
Coimbra, Portugal not just your average college town
As you step out of the train station you think, hmm what have I done? Fear not, as you ascendContinue Reading
Top 10 Lisbon, Portugal
1. Fado Music. As previously discussed in our first post on Lisbon, we loved Fado. It’s soulful and stirring, sadContinue Reading
Exploring Lisbon, Portugal (aka I wish this place had some hills)
We touch down in Lisbon really ready for some time off from the day to day. Immediately, we noticed howContinue Reading
Top 5 Things We Liked about Dublin
We had only a brief time in Dublin but there were several things we really enjoyed about our short timeContinue Reading
The Traveling Ridleys 