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How I Was Enchanted by Bussaco Palace in Portugal
If I had to name one experience from our first visit to Portugal that still stands out as absolutely unforgettable even six months after Henk and I returned home, it would have to be our overnight visit to Bussaco Palace. Because even at the risk of overusing a word...
8 Recommendations for Where to Eat in Portugal
If you are planning to visit Portugal and looking for restaurant suggestions, here are 8 of our recommendations for where to eat in Portugal.
3 Reasons to visit Évora, Portugal
Two thousand year-old Roman ruins, a chapel decorated with over 5,000 bodies’ worth of bones, and the chance to wander around on the top of a medieval cathedral/castle: these were just 3 of the reasons why we put Évora on our Portuguese itinerary, and why this small...
Earthquakes and their sobering reminders
This week the earth opened up, crushing hundreds of people while they slept in their beds in Italy, and damaging thousand-year-old monuments in one of the most sacred sites in Myanmar. These were only two of many such events that happen around the globe in any given...




