A Midwest Homebody Who Loves to Travel
A Midwest Homebody Who Loves to Travel
four flights . two trains . one rental car . three hotels . three Air BnBs Spain and Portugal 12-Day Itinerary Saturday, September 28 to Wednesday, October 9, 2019 09.28.19 . Day 1 – Fly to Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batllo. Las Ramblas Street. 09.29.19 . Day 2 – Park Guell. […]
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Jutting out on the farthest point west in all of Europe is the UNESCO protected, historic area of Sintra. It took us approximately 20 minutes on foot and then 30 minutes (and 14 stops) by train to travel from our Air BnB in the Príncipe Real district of Lisbon to […]
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On the way to Lisbon we drove across the Alentejo region of Portugal. It was simple and beautiful. The motorway cuts across the landscape’s rolling hills which are dry, underutilized, and mostly farmed in gnarled cork trees or bright green pines. We pulled off the motorway just once at a […]
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A trip to the Algarve region of Portugal simply isn’t complete without a visit to this coastline’s worst kept secret, the Benagil Cave. A simple Instagram search will reveal unfathomable images of the large domed cave containing a sandy beach with bright blue ocean waves crashing in from the two […]
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After a night flight to Faro and an hour long car ride in the dark, we located our adorable Air BnB in the small beach town of Carvoeiro which is very close to Praia de Marinha. While searching for the best place to stay in the Algarve coast region, I […]
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Just outside of Porto is the oldest wine region in the world, the Douro Valley. Also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this region produces the grapes used for Portugal’s world renown Port wine. Now, I like to drink wine but I know little to nothing about it. Even so, one […]
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I’m finding it hard to know where to start when it comes to explaining the charming city of Porto so I’ll start with my first glimpse of the place. We arrived via train from the city of Lisbon and en route we passed patches of farmed countryside, small villages, and […]
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No trip to Europe is complete without visiting some sort of historic Church. There always seems to be at least one in every city and the one is Valencia is Valencia Cathedral, home of the real Holy Grail. You know, the cup Jesus drank from during the Last Supper. You […]
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A nearly four hour train ride along the Mediterranean Sea separates Valencia from Barcelona and this journey is a flash of coast line on one side and sandy orchard groves on the other. This scenic train journey ends at València Joaquín Sorolla station in the heart of the city where […]
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Sultry dance and flamboyant outfits are not usually of great interest to me but when an opportunity to experience others’ culture presents itself, I’m all in. Much like bull fighting, Flamenco dance is prominently associated with the Spanish culture and I had the opportunity to attend a show and experience […]
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