Tag: Architecture
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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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A Day in Tavira
Tavira's bakery and castle, the ferry across to Isla de Tavira (with a tuna-burger lunch at Xiri), Praia do Barril and the anchor cemetery, then Cacela Velha and Cabanas before a Tapas do Mundo dinner…
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South to Barcelona
Down the TGV to Barcelona — Sagrada Família, Montjuïc by cable car, gelato at the top, and two more days of Rick-Steves walking through the Gothic Quarter and El Born.
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Sunday at the Abbey
An abbey, a concert, a tasting of Pablo's beers, and a vegetable tart for dinner — last day in France before packing for Barcelona.
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A Day in Amiens
A planned drive to the English Channel that didn't make it out of Amiens — climbing the cathedral towers, the hortillonnages tour, and dinner at L'Improviste before the drive back.