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🍷 🇵🇹 What to Drink in Porto: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Portugal’s Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a tower or something. When we’re…
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🇵🇹 ➡️ 🇪🇸 On the Move: From Porto to Seville
Travel day today. We’re moving from Porto to Seville. What is it about spending the day in a giant aluminum tube that makes you feel so gross? We’re on our way to Seville to meet our very good friends for a few days, in advance of a shooting trip, where Ken will be shooting, and…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #336 – Only One Picture
This is my first entry into the Lens-Artists Challenge, a weekly photography challenge on WordPress. This week’s challenge, as set forth by Leya, is to use only ONE picture. One that you find important, meaningful to you, maybe sending a message – and then explain why you picked just that picture. Here is my one…
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🇵🇹 Porto’s Lello Bookstore & a Monastic Liquor I Finally Tracked Down
Livraria Lello Walked (uphill – it’s leg day in Porto) to explore the famous Livraria Lello bookstore today, which is supposed to be the most beautiful bookstore in the world. And allegedly, was an inspiration for the some of the architectural elements in Harry Potter. Know this: to visit the bookstore, you must have a…
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🇵🇹 A Memorable Day in Douro Valley: Wine Tasting, History, and Culture
Looooonnnng day. Up before the sun this am for a wine tasting and cutural tour of the Douro River Valley. Had coffee with a Tylenol chaser for breakfast. My creaky middle-age hips are screaming at me from all the hill-walking yesterday. Our guide today, Carlos, used to be an air traffic controller for the Portuguese…
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🇵🇹 Exploring Porto: An Uphill Culinary Adventure
Culinary tour of Porto this morning. Our guide for the day, Marina, was outstanding. So friendly and engaging. And super knowledgeable. (If you are ever in Porto and need a guide, I highly recommend sending Marina a message.) Walked all the way across Portugal today. Not really, just feels that way. Quickly learned that the…
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🇵🇹 Exploring Porto: Our Jet Lagged Adventure
Ken and I just returned from a 2-week trip to Portugal and Spain. I’m in the throes of re-entry, but as I take breaks from laundry and going through two weeks of mail, I’ll get started with trip updates. As much as I try, I cannot sleep on planes. Ditto, Ken. We always hope, but…