Zombified, we emerged from the Lisbon airport Passport control into a wonderfully bright, sunny morning and took the easiest option for getting to our Airbnb. We hailed a taxi, which zipped in and out of traffic, did complex turns through 6-way intersections and finally dropped us on Praça das Flores, a narrow single lane road…
Touch down, Lisbon
A little dazed but here we are. Albuquerque to Denver to Newark to Lisbon.
Blast off…NOT!
(Ella) We are on a one day delay. Our flight out of ABQ was cancelled after a two hour delay while a mechanic tried to fix the hydraulics. Couldn’t be done. By then, we were toast for getting out of Albuquerque and getting somewhere that would lead us to Lisbon. We spent the next 4…
72
Grubb is 72 years old today. Happy birthday! Yay. Plus it’s our anniversary today (but not our 72nd). We decided we’d defer celebrations until we arrive in Portugal and then we will treat ourselves to a month’s vacation. It’s now 72 hours prior to departure. We are now allowed to get all the documents uploaded…
Counting down
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…
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…
The Blue Line
In Lisbon we will be traveling a lot on the Blue Line Metro. Hop on! Our first stop could be the Gulbenkian Museum Although Ella may weigh in with a few stops first. I’ll bet she’s thinking of a peek at the History of Lisbon tunnel right next to a public toilet. Or a…
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…
In the meantime: roadrunners
This is how you know we are still in New Mexico
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…