We spent a long weekend in Lisbon around Thanksgiving and definitely could’ve spent more time exploring Portugal’s capital city. There are a lot of similarities to Porto — lots of hills!, amazing food, being situated on the water, beautiful buildings, and friendly people. Lisbon definitely felt bigger, more bustling, and a bit more impersonal. The…
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The food in Porto was absolutely outstanding and this included everything from traditional low-brow Portuguese food to fancy prix fixe meals to non-European cuisines including Brasilian, Vietnamese, Argentinian, and more. Be warned — this post is not recommended if you are hungry! Also, please don’t judge the number of photos! We were in Porto for…
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We spent about two months in Porto and we both absolutely loved it. Honestly, it’s a little hard writing this post because it makes me miss the city quite a lot. We found the people to be incredibly friendly, the city to be charming, and the food to be spectacular (more on that in another…
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We visited the charming town of Óbidos at the start of the Christmas season and instantly fell in love with it. Walking into this historic village felt like entering a storybook. The town itself is surrounded by stone walls and no cars are allowed through the gate (except for deliveries of both supplies and people…
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We visited Sintra after spending a few days in Lisbon and on our way to Óbidos. The picturesque town is in southwest Portugal in the foothills of the Sintra mountains. We only spent a day in Sintra and it feels like we just barely scratched the surface. For a relatively small town, there is a…
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While travelling, there are a few iPhone apps that I find immensely helpful. The majority of these are free to use. Several of these apps are available for Androids but not all and there might be better options for Android out there. I’d love to hear what apps you rely on when you travel so…
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When I wasn’t on a bunch of solo trips throughout the Balkans and Eastern Europe, Zagreb, Croatia was our home base for a few months. I’ll be covering my overall impressions of the Croatian capital, sites to see, etc in another post. In this one, I’ll be focused on the dining highlights of our time…
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As part of my trip to Dubrovnik, I decided to rent a car and drive to Montenegro. I had a little over a day so I had to limit a bit of my exploring to a couple of places. But, before getting into the beauty of this Balkan country, I rented my first car internationally…
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My next solo trip was to Dubrovnik. Full disclosure: I am not a Game of Thrones fan and have only seen about half of one episode so none of this post will pertain to GoT (major parts of the series was filmed in Dubrovnik). I expected Dubrovnik to be pretty different from Zagreb but it…
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While Mexico was a trial run for travelling with our cats in some ways, in other ways, not so much. Abe and Lincoln got the experience of being in their carriers for long periods of time and staying in new locations. We learned how long it took before they got antsy and how anti-anxiety meds…
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