I want to return to Portugal. There was a lot I didn’t see or experience. It’s a beautiful country with wonderful people. This trip was fantastic, yet weird […]

The next few days, transition this trip from a typical touring vacation to a fabulous birthday party. More friends began arriving, and we met in Magoito along the […]

The fifth in our party would arrive that afternoon, so we took advantage of the morning and took a taxi to the Belém neighborhood. We started at the […]

This was when our trip started to change; new people entered the vacation. We rented a 3-bedroom apartment near the Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara. This is […]

We woke up early to take a regional train from Porto to the Duoro Valley. It is here that the grapes for port are grown. We stored our […]

When we woke up, we both agreed it was a great sleep. Day 1 had been particularly tiring, so we felt refreshed and ready to start walking up […]

We started the trip in Porto. There is a direct flight from Newark, NJ, so it was a straightforward trip. The Porto airport is small and modern. It […]

Samer turned 40 this year, and we decided to do a week in Portugal for his birthday. The trip started with just the 2 of us, but by […]