Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends! Traveling is great, but I’d rather be on the other side of the Atlantic with my family today. We celebrated Christmas in Lisbon. It’s been raining for a few days and transportation was limited today so we chose to stay put. We took our time making and …
We spent the morning in Porto before heading back to Lisbon on the train. The morning was spent wandering; we crossed the harbour on a pedestrian bridge so we could get a view of Porto from a different vantage point. We later discovered that we crossed into a whole other city called Villa Nova de Gaia. …
Considering that the forecast called for rain, we had a fantastic day with a little bit of everything. There were light showers interspersed with sun and clear sky. The highlight of the day was visiting the Castelo de Sao Jorge. While we were there, the rain cleared and the sun sparkled on the trees an …
We arrived in Lisbon around 12:00pm, as planned. After taking the airport bus, we found our hotel with the help of the GPS. The hotel is cool; its decorated in a traditional-meets-contemporary style. We dropped our stuff to go explore Lisbon. The overcast sky combined with fog gave a fuzzy, dream-like effect to the …