On to the next phase of the trip, by car; a dirty Peugeot 108 little “beep beep” car with a broken antenna from the Lisboa…
The hill town (think cold) called Sintra, is an easy day trip by train from Lisbon from the Rossio regional train station. (Note: the Rossio…
Belem is a suburb of Lisbon located to the southwest of the city. Situated alongside the River Tagus, at the point where it meets the…
How not to start a trip: morning coffee as your bleary-eyed spouse checks his email and starts saying “Shit. Shit! SHIT!” As he discovers the…
Although most of the instructors (Aicel and Esteban, to name my 2 favorites) were fantastic, the Spanish By The Sea administration left me wanting. Firstly,…
After 2 days of grueling travel, a morning run made me ready to face the world again. As I entered the guest house, tattooed Juan…
The water taxi arrived from Almirante to Bocas within 30 minutes. Like lemmings, we all filed out onto the main street. I turned left and…
Nearly 2 ½ hours on the bus, we stopped for 10 minutes to use the bathroom & get food. I got off simply to give…
At 5:30 AM, I waited sleepily at Reagan National Airport to be processed through the enormously long lines at check-in and security in the hopes…
First of all, we would like to thank you all for humoring us as we discover this amazing world that we live in. We are…