Due to some undiscovered circumstance the website was down for close to a week. After multiple hours of support from the webhost we were able to get the site restored from backup. Thank you for your understanding. Onward! The last few travel log posts have shared memories of our adventures in Portugal at the end […]
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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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In January 2024 we embarked on the Holland America cruise ship Oosterdam for a four day Antarctica expedition. While the Oosterdam may be somewhat small by modern cruise ship standards, it is very large in comparison to most ships headed to Antarctica. There are also strict international restrictions governing anyone setting foot on the southern
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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
We’re closing in on the end of a four month journey for Dog and Dragon. For the first three months we were stuck on different paths. For the last month we’ve been travelling together. Over the course of these past few months we have both had a variety of cool experiences that you have all
Our last post was Travel Log: Gibraltar. Since visiting Gibraltar we’ve had a number of ports in both Spain and Italy. I’m going to approach this post a little different to catch you up on all the places we’ve been recently. A more rapid fire, first person recap of our most recent stops in Mediterranean
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Everyone has heard of Gibraltar right? The rock of Gibraltar, one half of Hercules’ pillars, the gateway to the Mediterranean… While Gibraltar may have a modest footprint on the grand scope of the world it is both huge and iconic. Visiting Gibraltar is a bucket list port of call for any traveler. The Rock of
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I just want to let you know that it has been challenging to post between poor internet connectivity and some sea sickness looking at this screen too much. As promised in the last post our next destination was to the low countries followed by the Normandy coast. October 27-29 saw ports in the Netherlands and
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