Our Coastal Road Trip in Southern Portugal – Sagres, Lagos, and The Longest Natural Park Name in History (Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina)
After our time in Lisbon we rented another manual car and headed south to make our way through the Alentejo coastal natural park. (I tried to rent an automatic smart car, aka basically a clown car, but had EuroCar cancel our reservation the night before 🤨, so back to shifting our way through the country-side…
Photos and Fun (and as always food) from Lisbon, Portugal
We spent about a week in Lisbon exploring the city and its hills, churches, beaches, azulejos and delicious foods. Knowing zero Portuguese and very little about the city we managed to see quite a bit and found some amazing experiences to share. (This is the view from the top of the Monastery of Sao Vicente…
Some Observations and Tips from Lisbon – Guest Post
By Alena L. Nelson 1. The Portuguese people, at least Lisbon’s residents, are not afraid of painting buildings pink. The shade of pink we usually reserve for Easter, bridesmaids dresses or MAC’s spring line of lipsticks is splashed across buildings city wide. The kind of bright colors that would make any Home Owners Association in…
Wine-ding Our Way Through France РPhotos from Fontainebleau, Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Provence and Fr̩jus
“A person with increasing knowledge and sensory education may derive infinite enjoyment from wine.” – Ernest Hemingway Our road trip through France from Reims in the north east of France, down to Bordeaux on the Atlantic coast then further south to the French Riviera was filled with beautiful sites, great meals, fun new friends, silly…
Our Visit to the Champagne Region of France – Reims and Verdun
After leaving Paris via our rented car and surviving the parking garage fiasco (read this post to catch up on that Experience) we headed to France’s Champagne wine region and the city of Reims. I really wanted to explore some of the famous wine regions of France and Alena loves champagne so this area seemed…