Naples: Gritty, Dirty, Loud and Lovely
When you arrive at the Napoli Centrale train station, you are immediately taken aback: grit, trash, homelessness, graffiti. It isContinue Reading
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Return to Rome
A big city without skyscrapers, rather, its skyline dotted with domes. Domes whose bells call out the hours and whoseContinue Reading
Following in the Footsteps of Cezanne in Aix-en-Provence
When we last came to Aix-en-Provence many years ago one of us was sick and so, after a quick dinnerContinue 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
Cascais delivers, again
Last time we were in Portugal, we ended our two weeks in Cascais, a beach resort town at the endContinue Reading
Cervejaria Ramiro for lunch, Lisbon Portugal
The last time we were in Lisbon, we wanted to eat lunch at Cervejaria Ramiro and were talked into anContinue Reading
Top 10 Portugal tips and experiences
Now that we’ve been back in the routine of our daily lives, we’ve been reflecting upon our trip and thinkingContinue Reading
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
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
The Traveling Ridleys 