Romantic Weekend Getaway in Porto
Over the last four years, on October 11th, we have found ourselves in Portugal for our wedding anniversary. We rarely remember in time to spend a lot of effort planning, […]
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Day Tripping from Lisbon: The Beaches of Cascais
Cascais (pronounced Kush-Ki-sssh, with a ki like ky in Kylie Minogue), the beachy ‘burbs of Lisbon, is only a scenic 30 minute train ride from city center. We live in between, […]
Lisbon: Beauty abound in the gritty city
Lisbon has my heart like few other cities, and it’s not for everybody. It’s the beauty within the grit of decaying old world power. It is dirty. And artsy. It is sexy. It is real, […]
Swing dancing and sangria: Barcelona
So this is a seriously delayed post…like 6 months delayed. I figure, you don’t know the difference, and it’s not worth sacrificing the myriad of exciting adventures to manage some artificial time line and […]
Locals guide to Antibes
I’d been fantasizing about staying in Antibes since my European backpacking trip with my girlfriends when we made a day trip by train from Nice. This visit lived up to […]
5 Best Things about Cinque Terre
In no particular order other than this is how they came to me… # 1 Manarola Hands down our favorite town in Cinque Terre. Vernazza is nice, but touristy and […]
When In Rome!
We almost didn’t go to Rome. I wanted more time in the riviera and had been to Rome when I backpacked with my girlfriends in college. But then we decided […]
