6 days to go. I am busily looking up the latest travel apps, keeping my eye on Covid stats in Portugal (looking very good – no sign of another surge yet), reading about the history of Portugal (well, Grubb is doing the reading but he tells me stuff), learning some Portuguese (I might learn some…
Author: Ella
Are we travel ready?
Kinda. Pretty much. It’s been a minute though. I took the opportunity to buy a new rain jacket (one can’t have too many rain jackets in New Mexico, ho, ho). Grubb splurged on a lighter-weight, smaller suitcase. Out comes the travel bin full of goodies. Neck pillows of all shapes and sizes, mini first aid…
Where to go in Portugal?
Previously mentioned, we’ve never been to Portugal. We love a mix of city and rural, art and architecture, history, natural beauty and just plain old wandering. If you’ve been to Portugal or have heard great things about some particular area or place or food or … well, whatever… please leave a comment. We started reading…
Where in the world to go?
Back in October, 2021 we started thinking about traveling again. Surely by spring of 2022, Covid will have simmered down? Little did we know… But back then, we decided on Portugal for our first swoop out of the Covid cocoon. Because we’ve never been there. The spectacular natural beauty along with the art, history, architecture…