Photos and words about what we've been up to
If you've ever read this blog, you know that we typically take our travel slowly. Even if that means we miss out on some possible sites, we always try to spend the maximum amount of time in our travel pursuits, in an attempt to really understand where it is that we're visiting. Clearly we didn't…
Continue reading ➞ Roadtrip Day 1 (still!): Quinta da Regaleira
We typically take our sweet, sweet time when doing anything, but because we were on a road trip, we had certain goals for where to be and when to be there by. We were also exploring unfamiliar territory, and perhaps underestimated how much time we'd want to spend in certain places. That said, everything that…
Continue reading ➞ Roadtrip Day 1: A Moorish Castle and Palace of Pena
After stopping at the Cabo da Roca, we drove back into the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. The drive alone was incredible: beautiful trees, winding roads that twisted up a hillside. Our next stop was at ruins of the centuries old Convent of the Capuchos. Literally translating to the "Cork Convent", its name comes from the insulation…
Continue reading ➞ Roadtrip Day 1: Exploring the Convent of the Capuchos
A quick post today before we head out to the beach. This post is a bit late coming, but Kevin's best friend Mark is currently visiting, so we've been out and about (we also drove to Lisbon to pick him up 2 days in a row, because the first day we drove up we were…
Continue reading ➞ Roadtrip Day 1: We went to the edge of continental Europe!
the stories that I'm telling. 