by Serena | Sep 17, 2019 | Places to go
The one lane cobblestone road into Soajo gave us a hint of what was to come. Looking down at the valley below we could see hundreds of acres of terraced vineyards, farmland, and lovely little homes. We rounded the corner and were met by three wild horses on the street...
by Serena | Sep 16, 2019 | Places to go
We rolled into the second largest city in Portugal today, Porto, with just a few plans and the general thought of exploring. We discovered half its 2.3 million population might just be cruise ship passengers! We made our way through the crowds for long enough to take...
by Serena | Sep 15, 2019 | Places to go
Colin has been wanting to go to Nazare and see the big waves everyone in the surfing world is talking about. This little village on Portugal’s Silver Coast is home to some of the biggest waves in the world. You wouldn’t have known it today because it was...
by Serena | Sep 14, 2019 | Places to go
We said adeus! to Lisbon and bom dia! to Cascais today. It was a beautiful and sunny day and we were at Pescadores beach for some kayaking by 9am. It was fun to be out with the fishermen who were gathering their catches for the day. After paddling from the Pescadores...
by Serena | Sep 13, 2019 | Places to go
We made it into Lisbon just in time to check in at our hotel and leave our bags with the front desk before running back out and catching a cab to Jardim da Estrela to meet our food tasting tour guide. Somehow we were only two minutes late! It was 4:30 in the afternoon...
by Serena | Aug 1, 2019 | Places to go
Colin surprised me with a hiking trip to Canada for my birthday and it was one of the prettiest getaways. The trip started with a helicopter ride out of Golden, British Columbia and directly to the Purcell Mountain Lodge. We arrived around 8am to a lovely breakfast...
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