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Suika Game
Once or twice a year Michelle and I sink our teeth into a video game that we play individually but simultaneously. We almost always have a game we are playing cooperatively, but Suika Game is a separate type of play where we each do our own thing. The two experiences lead to very different conversations…
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UEFA: 3 Ways
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is the European branch of FIFA that hosts a European Championship tournament every four years. This tournament is the second most popular in the world with only the FIFA World Cup ahead of it. Football (soccer for our readers in the United States) is extremely popular throughout Europe, but…
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Lisbon: Tejo Bar, A Telecabine Ride, And Another Tuk Tuk?!
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Coimbra: Creepy Art In A Cryptoporticus And Higher Education
When we wrote up our last trip to Coimbra we mentioned that we hadn’t seen some of the historic highlights of the city, specifically the University. During the planning stages of Elsa’s trip we explained that Portugal (for a first time tourist) has two major cities (Lisbon and Porto), the sunny beach filled Algarve region,…
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Put On Your Hard Hat: Spelunking In Loulé
Michelle: One of the adventures we planned with cousin Elsa was a salt mine tour in Loulé. Andrew visited the mine back in 2023 and found it so intriguing that he recommended another trip. Jorge and his friend visiting from Lithuania had both wanted to see the mine for years, so we made reservations for…
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Festival Med 2024
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Porto: Boat Tour And City Sights
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A House In The North
Our house hunt kept circling back to a terraced house In Urgezes, a small community very close to Guimarães, just south of Braga, and about an hour train ride away from Porto. We were curious about the layout since the pictures seemed to show four bedrooms but the listing was for two. We researched Guimarães…
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Olhão Street Art
I think that interesting street art can make the dreariest part of any city feel alive and, amazingly enough, little Olhão is home to a very active and talented crew of artists. Throughout the nooks and crannies of the city you can find works by Blubla Crew, the artist SEN, and others. SEN’s work is…
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Old Couple
