International travel can be stressful in the best of times, even before COVID was a daily household word. For those…

It’s been a bit since we’ve logged anything particularly interesting enough to blog about. Back in the US of A…

As we prepare to return to the US for several weeks to catch up with friends and family and on…

By Melissa It’s a long story, but the long and short of it is that we bought an apartment in…

At Monverde Wine Experience Hotel which rests adjacent to the small village of Telões amidst vineyards and surrounded by chestnut…

By Melissa As we approached Braga, I was nervous. Our tour of Central and Northern Portugal has been very fast…

Twenty years ago this week, the United States laid witness to and victim of a horrific terror attack on its…

It began as an ordinary Saturday evening at a wine hotel in Portugal. You know, average, gorgeous wine hotel on…

It was a very warm Saturday afternoon. Not hot by global standards this summer, but warmer than we’d experienced for…

By Melissa We’re back! After 18 long Covid-induced months of absence, we returned to our new home in Cascais, Portugal.…