Category: Portugal
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Lisbon Weeks 4 & 5
Things have slowed down a bit — a good thing — as we’ve hit many of the sights and sites. So we’re doing a good bit of random walking through the neighborhoods, admiring the tile…
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Lisbon & Cascais Week 3
Another week full of fun and explorations. Monday we took the train out to the tony beach community that is Cascais. We wandered around the town, taking in the town beach, the marina, and the…
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Lisbon & Porto Week 2
We kicked off the week taking a guided tour of the B-MAD Art Deco museum. It was exceptional for a small museum off the main tourist path. Rooms from the Craftsman Era through Art Nouveau…
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Around Lisbon Week 1
We spent time exploring our neighborhood and re-exploring Lisbon. We walked a lot, but also took some Ubers, and the occasional tram and metro. We had hoped to visit the viewpoint at the top of…
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The Lisbon Apartment
Our Lisbon home base — an apartment in Alcântara, ten minutes from the MAAT and twenty from Torre de Belém, with a landlord family who couldn't be more welcoming.
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Lisbon, Settling In
Drive up to Lisbon, meet the very nice landlord family, return the rental, walk to the supermarket, MAAT in the evening, then a slow second day with a stroll downstream to the Discoveries Monument.
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Foia, and a Wrong Turn
A wrong turn that turned into a fun winding mountain road, then a tiring Foia hike, salad, and packing for Lisbon.
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eBike to Praia da Marinha
eBike out to Praia da Marinha and a return to Pizza Auna, because once was not enough.
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To the Edge of Europe
Out to Cabo de São Vicente — the southwestern corner of Europe — through Sagres and Lagos, then dinner at Pizza Auna, where the sourdough comes from a Seattle starter.
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Dawn at the Benagil Caves
Dawn kayak tour of the Benagil caves with Bruno of BrotheRootz, then home for naps and a piri-piri-chicken dinner at Brasa na Praia.