Amateur traveler reviews are often instrumental in trip planning. Actual experiences and undoctored photos have proven much more reliable than short descriptions in guidebooks or glamorous hotel websites. Accordingly, we wanted to share our own impressions of our hotel choices … Continue reading
A popular evening past time in Portugal is to enjoy local cuisine with the national folk music, called Fado. We included a night of Fado on the trip itinerary we lined-out before we left. At that time, however, we had … Continue reading
In addition to the delicious food that we were planning to try in Lisbon, there were many other foods that we were given the opportunity to order and I’m so glad we did. It’s fair to say that we did … Continue reading
Back in August, we published a post on planning a possible day trip to Sintra, Portugal. Sintra is a short 35 minute train ride from Lisbon’s central Rossio station an offers sightseeing opportunities at a variety of castles within a … Continue reading
Before leaving for our Portugal and Spain trip, Ryan and I did a little research on some food we wanted to try in Lisbon, and I wrote about it here. Now that we’re back, we miss the delicious food we were able to eat … Continue reading
Before getting into some of the details about our trip, we decided to start each recap off with a quick overview of the city. First up: Lisbon! City. Lisbon, Portugal When? Monday, Sept 3 – Thursday, Sept 6 (3 nights). … Continue reading
Ryan and I got back Sunday night from our fabulous trip to Portugal and Spain. We had a wonderful time. We visited amazing sites, ate delicious food, and enjoyed fun activities. We still have to go through our pictures, but … Continue reading
The Westin Palace, Madrid – our hotel for two nights. For our upcoming trip to Portugal and Spain, we will be gone for a total of 13 nights. While I originally wanted to stick to three or four cities, it was … Continue reading
Thinking about the food I will be able to taste plays a huge part in building my excitement for a trip. I am so excited to spend 3 days in Lisbon – the sea-faring capital of Portugal – and indulge … Continue reading
On a recent morning, I opened a Portugal guidebook we are using to plan our trip to Lisbon to a random page with a picture of a quintessential castle. It reminded me of one of our favorite adventures in Umbria … Continue reading
When Ryan and I originally started thinking about our 2012 trip, we were set on Spain. However, at some point, we started to consider a combined Portugal and Spain trip. I still haven’t recapped our honeymoon, but when I do, … Continue reading