Travel Day
Really nothing much to say. It took us 14 hours, door to door, to get from Porto to our Rome apartment, Thanks to flight delays in both Porto and Lisbon we were very late. Oh well–that’s how it goes. We … Continue reading →
Jan
Museum Day
We rarely take public transportation but today we decided to do it to reach the Serralves museum which would have been over an hour walk. It’s a bit west of here and close to where the Douro river meets the … Continue reading →
Porto Tour
I should call it the million calorie tour, but who’s counting! We met Pedro, our charming, full of information (and so cute) tour guide for the day at 10:00. Of course, it was raining. But after a minute or two … Continue reading →
Ola Oporto!
We woke up here in Porto to rain ao we took it easy (when do we not?) for the morning. At 9:00 there is a delivery of fresh rolls, 2 sweet and 4 plain white. What a treat with some … Continue reading →
Strike!
Travel day. Going from Lisbon to Porto on the train. We had a driver lined up to take us to the train station an hour before the train in case of traffic and/or dissorientation at the station. We arrive, in … Continue reading →
Our legs are sore but we’re all in
These hills are giving us a great work out! Today we started out going northeast towards another park. I was Easter mroning and there were’nt many people around until the late morning. We passed through the Rossio square full of … Continue reading →
Boa Páscoa (Happy Easter)
An urban hike was our plan for today. Simply, we walked, a little more than a mile, to a park on the west side of Lisbon call Jardim Estrela, Garden of the Star. The inner center is super crowded with … Continue reading →
Up and Down
Rain was predicted, and so we tried to get out early. We went back to the same coffee/pastry place and set off for the Sao Roque church (St. Rocco–he’s the one with the little dog). Our guide had told us … Continue reading →
Travel Exhilaration!
Today is the first day of the rest of our adventure and I couldn’t be happier. Our flight from Miami went very smoothly although the food on TAP, even in business class, was well, typical airline food–borderline edible. It was, … Continue reading →
practice makes…
It’s been a year and a half since I blogged at all. So this is a trial. Saturday we will drive to south Florida for some family time before flying from Miami to Lisbon on Wednesday. What better image to … Continue reading →