Looking Back At A Great Year Of Travel Adventures… First of all, happy new year! As we begin 2024, I wanted to look back at some of my favorite travel adventures of the year gone by…these first images are from Cortona… Read More ›
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A Deliciously Hilarious “Ortolan” Homage! My Flaming Food, Human Napkin Shield And A Bacon-And-Egg iPhone Surprise!
Get Ready For A Wild Ortolan-esque Food Adventure… On our recent trip through Italy and France, my wife Alex and I had an incredible meal that included a hilarious “homage” to a now-outlawed delicacy – and it involved napkin shields!… Read More ›
Do You “Fado?” Here’s Video Of Portugal’s Beautiful, Plaintive Music…
Happy New Year! (Belatedly To Be Sure…) OK, this may be a bit overdue, but I wanted to share a unique aspect of Portugal that my wife Alex and I discovered when we were there for New Years – “fado”… Read More ›
Do You “Tuk Tuk”? Our Lisbon “Tuk Tuk” Tour – With A Wildly Dangerous Start!
Who Wants A Private Lisboa “Tuk Tuk” Tour? Gorgeous architecture, right? Lisbon is filled with unique architecture and castles too! But Lisbon is a city of hills, so walking to all of these unique sites can be exhausting…enter the “Tuk… Read More ›
Climbing Lisbon’s Sky High Castles! Meet The Peacock’s Of Sao Jorge Castle!
Welcome To Lisbon’s Sky High Castle! Yes, cross what was once a drawbridge over the moat, and it leads to a fascinating slice of history and architecture in Lisbon – It’s the Sao Jorge Castle, also known as St. Georges… Read More ›
Exploring Castelo Dos Mouros! Storming Portugal’s Moorish Castle High Above Sintra!
Alex Welcomes You To Her Castle! Yes, it’s got some wear and tear – because this Moorish castle in Portugal has defended Kings and Queens for centuries! Sintra Portugal is home to the “Castelo Dos Mouros” – an 8th-to-12th century… Read More ›
Climbing Pena Palace High Above Lisbon! The Majesty Of Sintra Portugal!
Welcome To The Very Colorful Pena Palace! Have you been to Portugal? Well, if you have then you would have gone to one of the country’s most popular – and colorful – palaces! Pena Palace is located in Sintra, the… Read More ›
Touring Burgundy’s Legendary J. Drouhin Wine Cave! Wild Mold Storage!
Talk About A Wine With Age! These are bottles of wine, stored in one of Burgundy’s most iconic wine cellars, and yes, these bottles are covered with mold! It’s not only completely safe – it will allow them to age… Read More ›
We Visit The Legendary Hospices de Beaune! A Trip Back In Time To Burgundy France!
Welcome to The Legendary Hospices Of Beaune! First, check out those tiles on the roof: a unique nature of architecture in the Burgundy region of France – home to some of the world’s best wines, and a very unique slice… Read More ›
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