Last week marked the four year anniversary of our idea to sell it all and wander the globe with our children. It was mid-winter break 2013 and we went on a much-needed vacation. What we loved about …
Carnival, The Largest Party in Europe
And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy. F Scott Fitzgerald Carnival is the largest party in Europe and we can’t get enough. The vast majority of …
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From Verona, Italy to Alcobaça, Portugal: Remembering The One Universal Truth That Connects Us All
In the late spring of 2014, we were stuck in a traffic jam passing through Verona, Italy. It was pouring down rain and it soon became evident that the back-up was caused by tour busses on their way to …
Pena Palace: One of The Seven Wonders of Portugal
Lo! Cintra’s glorious Eden intervenes In variegated maze of mount and glen. Ah me! what hand can pencil guide, or pen, To follow half on which the eye dilates Through views more dazzling unto …
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Remembering What Our U.S. National Parks and Europe’s Cathedrals Have in Common
These past few months traversing Portugal and its magnificent cathedrals has reminded us of a reverence we felt during our road trip across America in 2015. With the recent news that the protection …
The City That Stole My Heart: Porto, Portugal
I have been known to burst into, “I Left My Heart In San Francisco. The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gray. The glory that was Rome is of another day. I’ve been terribly alone and forgotten …
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