I guess COVID will find us all, eventually. We’ve been two of the most careful people you could be: truly…
International Travel in COVID Times
International travel can be stressful in the best of times, even before COVID was a daily household word. For those…
The Assisted Buffet
It’s been a bit since we’ve logged anything particularly interesting enough to blog about. Back in the US of A…
Homeward Bound
As we prepare to return to the US for several weeks to catch up with friends and family and on…
Consider Portugal
By Melissa It’s a long story, but the long and short of it is that we bought an apartment in…
The Table Was Set
At Monverde Wine Experience Hotel which rests adjacent to the small village of Telões amidst vineyards and surrounded by chestnut…
Braga: Small but Mighty
By Melissa As we approached Braga, I was nervous. Our tour of Central and Northern Portugal has been very fast…
20 Years On, Never Forget
Twenty years ago this week, the United States laid witness to and victim of a horrific terror attack on its…
Casting Amidst the Grapes
It began as an ordinary Saturday evening at a wine hotel in Portugal. You know, average, gorgeous wine hotel on…
Um almoço estranho
It was a very warm Saturday afternoon. Not hot by global standards this summer, but warmer than we’d experienced for…