Europe Detour

This was our second trip to Barcelona, our first was a quick trip a few years ago after sailing around Majorca, so we already new that we liked the city. We wanted to be near Las Ramblas and had booked a hotel for the 3 nights. The hotel room was much smaller than our typical […]

The bus ride from Fuseta to Seville, (Sevilla – how the Spanish say and write it), was easy, uneventful and cheap. I was happy to turn in the rental car, for me, it is always somewhat challenging driving in foreign countries. Taking the bus is definitely the cheapest way to get around in Europe, short […]

Southern Portugal’s Coast is especially beautiful; from rugged cliffs with huge caverns to long sandy beaches, it appears that the Algarve coast has it all. After an easy drive (wide highways!) of 3 hours south, we made it to our Airbnb a little early and decided to explore the town. That took about two minutes […]

Ok, I’m getting behind in these posts, as I write this we are on a bus from Faro, Portugal to Seville, Spain. It’s time to get caught up! After hiking the Castle of the Moors in the morning, we drove to our new Airbnb in the neighborhood of Graca, Lisbon. The streets here are crazy-hilly […]

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 […]