Medium-length stories about trips taken. Can be a series of posts.
I am an eclipse chaser. What I mean by this is I saw one total eclipse back in 2017, it was phenomenal, and now I’m hooked. I will go out of my way to see one if at all possible. And what do you know, there was a total solar eclipse in 2026 in León,…
Part 2 – Lagos This posting will have a LOT of pictures of food and cliffs, because Lagos was rainy except for the last day. WednesdayLate Wednesday morning we caught a Flixbus from Tavira to Lagos, about a three-hour ride. We got into Lagos about 4pm, and started the walk to our next hotel, about…
In March we were getting a bit antsy with the all the Braga rain and wanted to travel a bit, but Marty was still “under Portuguese house arrest” (waiting for his AIMA appointment). So we figured it was as good a time as any to head on down to the Algarve, since I knew it…
One of the things I love about travel is the day-to-day way I touch on a place’s history and culture, even if I’m not in the mood for a museum day. It always leaves me wanting to know more, in case the light touch I’ve experienced is incorrect, or not the whole story.
During our week in the Azores, we took two all-day tours out to the eastern side of San Miguel Island. They were with two different companies, but had some overlap, so I will run them both together in this section. Just in case you think we did all these things in one day. We’re not that heroic.
Hi all! We went to the Azores for a week at the beginning of December!