Sept. 2018 – Lisbon

A multi-pronged Aug-Sep 2018 trip to Boston to visit Allie, then to Lisbon via Dublin to spend time in Portugal with Laurie, culminating in a return to Boston to meet Barb for a long weekend. Previous Post | Next Post | Trip Home Tuesday, Sep. 4: Cascais – Lisbon  We rose at a reasonable hour, finished packing, …

August 2018 Cascais

A multi-pronged Aug-Sep 2018 trip to Boston to visit Allie, then to Lisbon via Dublin to spend time in Portugal with Laurie, culminating in a return to Boston to meet Barb for a long weekend. Previous Post | Next Post | Trip Home Sunday, Sep. 2: Cascais We decided rather than tackle another day in Sintra …

Aug 2018 Belem

A multi-pronged Aug-Sep 2018 trip to Boston to visit Allie, then to Lisbon via Dublin to spend time in Portugal with Laurie, culminating in a return to Boston to meet Barb for a long weekend. Previous Post | Next Post | Trip Home Saturday, Sep. 1: Cascais – Belem Laundry day.  One thing our apartment lacked …

Aug 2018 Sintra

A multi-pronged Aug-Sep 2018 trip to Boston to visit Allie, then to Lisbon via Dublin to spend time in Portugal with Laurie, culminating in a return to Boston to meet Barb for a long weekend. Previous Post | Next Post | Trip Home Friday, Aug. 31: Sintra This was our day to explore Sintra, an inland …

Aug 2018 Lisbon

A multi-pronged Aug-Sep 2018 trip to Boston to visit Allie, then to Lisbon via Dublin to spend time in Portugal with Laurie, culminating in a return to Boston to meet Barb for a long weekend. Previous Post | Next Post | Trip Home Tuesday, August 28 – Lisbon Rested and ready, we take on Lisbon. …

Aug 13, 2017 Porto

Today was kind of a spare day for exploring Porto and environs.  We started with a walk to downtown Porto and made our way toward the Livaria Lello (Wikipedia, TripAdvisor).  This is a landmark old bookstore where allegedly J.K. Rowling drew inspiration for Harry Potter (or did she?), particularly the moving stairs in Hogwarts.  She …