Month: August 2018

Normally the drive to Nazare from Porto would take about two hours. But Terri decided that she wanted to see the town of Monsanto located inland from Porto. Monsanto is unique in that the town buildings, castle and homes are all built in and around huge boulders. It is off of the usual tourist paths […]

Up early to catch our flight to Porto via Lisbon, we arrived in Lisbon with just 30 minutes to make our connection!?! Alas, our Porto flight was already cancelled and we were booked on a 1-hour later flight-with time and meal vouchers in hand we toured Lisbon Airport- very nice- makes LAX look like a […]

It was a quick and easy flight from Sao Miguel to Terceira, (even in a smallish prop plane!). After landing, we made the mistake of following some random dude and quickly found ourselves outside without our backpacks-ooops. We had to try to explain to the Portuguese TSA and after a lot of hand jesters we […]

We have nearly completed our five days on Sao Miguel Island, It seems as though it has been much longer. In just a few days, we feel as though we have experienced so much. Each day we have swam in the natural fresh and salt water pools and hiked in, around and through forests, pastures, […]

We have been on Sao Miguel Island for three fun-filled days and we are pretty much fully recovered from the jet-lag. A downside of booking your own travel is that there is no one else to blame when your plans may not have been fully thought-out. Note to self: Do Not book two red-eye flights […]

I really didn’t anticipate blogging from our first stop in Boston, we were not seeking adventure here-but it found us! After a subdued red-eye flight from LAX, we found ourselves on a fog-locked Logan approach. I thought it was unusual when I saw a radio tower rising above the grey-white fog floor that we were […]

After 30+ years of working in the financial services industry, I finally talked Terri into retiring!!! So with our dog, Levi, farmed-out and the house rented out for the duration of our trip, we will hit the European roads, beaches, mountains, rivers and trails for the next 80 days. We start with a brief stopover in […]