Back to Lisbon for Some Toodling in Sintra and One Last Night on The Town Portuguese Style
Me looking over our pancake feast before Alena and I hopped back on a train to visit the real life fairy land of Sintra. A great tip from a fellow traveler prompted us to visit Sintra and led us to Magik Green Sintra Rent-a-Scooter. We originally had written off Sintra as a tourist trap, but…
Drinking Some Sweet Wines in Portugal – Porto and Douro Valley
Porto was one of the places I was most excited to visit when planning our trip and I’m happy to report it lived up to my expectations! It ended up as one of my favorite places we visited and a region I would love to return to soon. The food and wine tasting in Porto…
Alan’s Birthday in the Alentejo – The Breadbasket of Portugal
We spent 4 days (including my Birthday!) exploring the Central Alentejo from the city of Evora. We saw endless fields of wild flowers, massive castles, ancient monoliths, bone temples, drank fine wine, swam in Europe’s largest man made lake and ate so much amazing food. The Alentejo is an unassuming destination that does its best…
Camping and Hiking in Peneda-Gerês National Park in Northern Portugal
Alena and I decided to split up for a week of solo traveling after visiting Porto for a few days. We had always planned to have some time alone on our trip to experience different things and get some individual travel time. She decided to train back to Lisbon to enjoy the city. I planned…
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…