Our cruise across the Atlantic continues. Thankfully we were able to make port in the charming town of Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island in the Azores. It was a lovely day to get off the ship, explore the town with friends from the ship, and learn a bit about this beautiful Portuguese island. Unfortunately […]
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2023-2024 have provided us the pleasure of tasting wines from all around the Mediterranean, South Africa, and South America. It has been a deliciously fun adventure for a couple of craft beer drinkers from Colorado. During our 2023 adventures in Europe we found the craft beer options to be few and far between. Since we
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December 19, 2023 Dog and Dragon did a full day excursion to visit Sintra, Regaleira, Pena Palace, and Cascais. This is a must do outing if you are staying for any length of time in Lisbon. You can use this (sponsored) link to book the same Get Your Guide trip we did to enjoy this
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December 2023 led Dog and Dragon to the beautiful country of Portugal. Having never been to Portugal and knowing very little about the country we set up our home base in Lisbon and ventured outward from there. We had recently discovered that our friend Anna had made the bold move to emigrate to the seaside
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Portugal has recently been featured regularly on the internet expounding on the virtues of visiting and/or moving there. Sorting out the details when planning to visit a new, unknown place can be challenging. If you’ve never been to Lisbon, we’re here to help you with some insight into your first visit. A week in Lisbon
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We spent four nights in Lagos, Portugal at the end of 2023. We discovered Lagos to be a delightful place to enjoy in late December. Amazing scenery, good food, exciting activities, friendly people, awesome street art, and a charming atmosphere made our trip to Lagos a perfect way to end the year. Lagos was easily
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We spent the 2023 holiday season in Portugal. Portugal is fairly small in size compared to the United States. While based out of lovely Lisbon we were able to make some side trips to other areas. We booked two nights at a hotel in Porto and took a three hour bus ride north to see
