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  • Put On Your Hard Hat: Spelunking In Loulé

    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…

  • Festival Med 2024

    Festival Med 2024

    We LOVED our time at Festival Med in 2023. This year our full time guest was my cousin Elsa, but we also enjoyed a day with Jorge and his friend from Lithuania, and a day with Karen. The festival itself, for the first time, had a featured country – Morocco – and every aspect of…

  • Porto: Boat Tour And City Sights

    Porto: Boat Tour And City Sights

    In late June we went back to Porto for three days with my cousin Elsa. The main reason we went was to attend the Festa de São João (Saint John’s Party) which I will NOT be writing about today. For various reasons we will write about that festival after we go back to do it…

  • Tourists For A Day In Tavira

    Tourists For A Day In Tavira

    During cousin Elsa’s visit we tried to balance relaxation and beach days with travel, attractions, and tourism. One of the best day trips from Olhão is a quick 30 minute drive to Tavira. There are a ton of great restaurants, scads of picture opportunities along the Gilão River, cultural events, plenty of shopping, and even…

  • SO Many Algarve Beaches

    SO Many Algarve Beaches

    We are not sun worshippers by any stretch of the imagination. That being said, we have made our way to a praia or two during our time in Portugal. Usually we visit beaches close to where we live in the Eastern Algarve. Portuguese people ADORE the Algarve for the beaches, and people from all over…

  • Olhão House Tour – Update

    Back in August of 2022 the estimated “2 weeks” to arrange our bounty of American belongings in our tiny Portugal house was a pipe dream. We had done a decent job of Medford packing Step One – sell, donate, gift, or keep and ship. Unfortunately we still had a lot of work to do with…

  • Sintra: Pena Palace, Petiscos, And Playtime In The Garden

    Sintra: Pena Palace, Petiscos, And Playtime In The Garden

    Sintra is a town nestled in the Sintra Mountains about 15 miles northwest of Lisbon. It was once a summer holiday haven for Portuguese royalty and is a very popular day trip for visitors. The region is chock full of palaces, castles, mansions, viewpoints, a convent, a sanctuary, and multiple beaches. When limited to a…

  • Casa De Chá Da Boa Nova

    Casa De Chá Da Boa Nova

    On almost every trip, we try to book a meal at an upscale restaurant. We aren’t food snobs, we’ll eat street food and sandwiches without a single complaint, but we like fancy food too. I love collecting cookbooks, reading about food, experimenting with new recipes, and watching shows like Top Chef, Iron Chef, Chef’s Table,…

  • Porto Street Art And A Tuk Tuk Tour

    Porto Street Art And A Tuk Tuk Tour

    Our adventures continued in the fabulous and fabulously hilly city of Porto. We were all quite optimistic about our leg endurance after the climb at Bom Jesus so we set off on a self guided tour of the city’s street art. I started seeking out and photographing street art on my first trip to New…

  • Pinhão And Port Wine

    Pinhão And Port Wine

    Port tastings and vineyard tours was another request made by our visitors and Pinhão, a gorgeous village in the Douro Valley about 80 miles from Porto, is one of the best places to indulge in this endeavour. In Oregon we frequented many a vineyard, and were long term wine club members with more than one…