I’ve already blogged about our scenic cliff hike and climbing on rocks while in Portugal, so this last post will cover a boat trip, a day at the beach, and an afternoon in the town of Silves to wrap up our time in Portugal. First up, because I like to Read more…
While in Portugal, we had an absolute blast climbing all over the limestone cliffs in Algar Seco. Algar Seco is located in Carvoeiro, the nearest town to where we stayed during our trip. There is a short walkway along the cliff, and midway through, there is a staircase leading down Read more…
After two months in Spain, we had finally recovered from the constant travels of the previous six months enough to take another road trip. We hopped in the car and drove 5 1/2 hours to Portugal. We are living on a beach in Spain right now, so it seems a Read more…
Jaen in Spain produces 20% of the world’s supply of olive oil. Jaen has more than 66 million olive trees, spread over 550,000 hectares. Jaen is located less than 2 hours north of us, so when we were invited as part of a small group to join a Spanish family Read more…
Leading up to our trip to Barcelona, we were following the news on Catalonia’s independence movement very closely, since it was all happening around the time we had planned to be there. We waited until just the week before to decide if we would stop on our way through, and Read more…
The area of Provence in France is full of amazing Roman-era architecture. In fact, Provence is so-called because of its name in Roman times, Provincia Romania, since it was Rome’s first province beyond the Alps. Our first day trip, and our second famous bridge, from our base in Avignon was the Read more…
“On the bridge of Avignon” or “Sur le pont d’Avignon” – you may be familiar with these songs. If so, I’m sure you are now singing them in your head. If not, go youtube it. We are partial to this version. So guess where we just spent a week!? This Read more…
After spending every last Swiss Franc to our name, we hopped over the border and spent a few days in Colmar, France. Colmar is in the Alsace region, very close to the border with Germany. In fact, it has been part of Germany a time or two. After a busy Read more…
When we last left off, we were at the top of Mt. Titlis and it was starting to get crowded with tour groups. So, we hopped back on the cable car and headed down the mountain. But, instead of riding all the way down to Engelberg, we stopped here: This Read more…
Flying over glaciers, ice caves, hikes with mountain views, trails that have hammocks. If this wasn’t my favorite day of the trip, it is certainly in the top five! We booked a fairly inexpensive (for Switzerland!) Airbnb in the popular winter ski resort town of Engelberg. We chose it for Read more…