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 town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nestled in the heart of the Alentejo region of Portugal, and with historic significance that...
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 week, some much worse than these in terms of scope and loss of life. But hearing news of these disasters afflicting countries where...
Sintra, Portugal: 3 Places That Stole My Heart
Sintra had me at hello. Actually, Sintra had me before that. The first 'hello' came when I saw a photo online of an 'Initiation Well' located on a 19th-century estate called Quinta da Regaleira. I wasn't even sure what an 'initiation well' was exactly, but after seeing its spiralling underground staircase, I just knew that this place and the town where it was had to be on our Portugal itinerary....