Photos and words about what we've been up to
Having already spent some time in Lisbon, Kevin and I were fully prepared to show Tyler all the best sites and scenes. Obviously, this included copious amounts of eating and walking. Tyler arrived in Lisbon in the morning, and despite getting minimal sleep, he kept going with us all day. The next day, we were once…
While Kevin and I were in Cambodia, my brothers trekked halfway around the globe to visit us for a 10 day extravaganza. We managed to convince Tyler to come on a similar adventure, this time in Portugal. Kevin put weeks of planning into a road trip that took us all around Portugal, where we saw some incredible…
Last year, the Oceanario in Lisboa was recommended to me by a friend as an absolutely must-see spot in Lisbon. It didn't make the itinerary that time, but this year we made sure it was on our to-do list. At a cost of nearly 20 euros each to enter, we were a bit wary. But…
The main thing that we orient our trips around is eating. Good food is a big deal to us, and so we're often looking to try new restaurants, in hopes that they impress. In Lisbon in particular, where we hadn't spent much time, we were looking to try new places, in search of some future favourites.…
There's an efficient way of driving to Lisbon, and then there's the Heather-and-Kevin way of driving to Lisbon. The drive to Lisbon takes around 3 hours. Or 6 hours. You know, whatever. Here's the map of the route we took (you can see the direct highway on the right, going straight up to Lisbon at…
Julie's flight from Lisbon onward to Prague left quite early in the morning. That left Kevin and I with another day and a half in Lisbon before carpooling down to the Algarve with his godfather. While our few days with Julie had been about relaxation and exploratory walks throughout the city, Kevin and I knew…
Continue reading ➞ January 2015: Heather & Kevin spent 1.5 days sightseeing in Lisbon.
Back in December, when Kevin and I were in Canada for Christmas, we planned out a trip that would involve a couple of weeks in Lisbon followed by travels through Spain, all the way to Paris, where we'd then fly back to Cambodia. We booked plane tickets to Lisbon, Portugal for January 4th. Back in…
Continue reading ➞ Back to the beginning: a few days in Lisbon
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