We Met The Mayor of Lisbon
Celebrated on March 13, the Festas de Lisboa commemorates the city's patron Saint. The night before is a big party city-wide highlighted by the Neighborhood Marches.
Tiptoe Through the … Really Big Trees
View of Palm tree trunks looking toward the Natural History museum from inside the botanical garden.
Picking an AirBNB Rental
We have a list of items that for us are non-negotiable, and then things that are nice to have but not deal breakers.
The First Real Day in Lisbon
Bairro Alto is among the older neighborhoods in Lisbon and has lots of cafes, shops, and bars tucked into a maze of narrow streets.
We Made It Across The Pond
Let’s begin this post with a game we played while waiting at Gatwick airport for our Lisbon flight to show up on the Departures board. It's called "Where is that…
Cracking the Code of Packing for a 4-Month Euro Extravaganza
Armed with my trusty Monos Carry-On Pro and the Aer Flight Pack 3 backpack, I'm ready to conquer Lisbon, Valencia, Klaipeda, Oslo, and Edinburgh with a dash of quirkiness, a sprinkle of humor, one compression cube at a time.
Packing for Four Months in Europe
As someone who typically has a lot of baggage, pun intended, I decided to embrace this as a challenge and part of the experience.
