After visiting (and falling in love with) The Azores a couple of years ago, it was only a matter of time until I checked another Portuguese island off my wishlist: Madeira, the garden of the Atlantic, an island full of…
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“Are you here for the Eurovision?” our Uber driver asks. Gee, what gave us away? Nothing, as it turns out, since people from all over Europe fled to Lisbon to watch the Eurovision Song Contest, some whom I would never…
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What a year 2017 has been! I didn’t have too many plans or expectations this time last year (after all, 17 is a prime number and I don’t trust prime numbers 😛 ), but 2017 turned out to be mybest…
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You know that feeling when you visit a place that’s absolutely amazing and no one you know has ever been there? The feeling when you want to tell the whole world about it, yet you’re worried that if everyone rushes…
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I close my eyes and I can perfectly hear the ocean hitting the dramatic cliffs. The sound of the historical tram on narrow alleys. The warm sun on my face as I sip a glass of port wine. This is…
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If you’re a regular reader on the blog, you’ll know that I love Portugal. I would seriously go every year and still find new places to go, or even revisit the ones I’ve seen before and not get bored. Not…
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One of the best things about Europe is how easily you can travel from one country to another. One minute you’re in Germany, a couple of hours later you can be in Switzerland or The Netherlands. With so many low…
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Now that Easter has passed (although it seems like only yesterday it was Christmas), it’s time to make plans for those long summer days. It’s my favorite season and I can’t wait to start hating the heat again 😀 I…
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Have you ever visited a city in Europe without passing by a magnificent cathedral? It seems unlikely, since there are over 1000 cathedrals all over the continent, one more beautiful than the other. The author Robert Louis Stevenson once said…
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Last year I went on a road trip in Portugal that took me from Porto all the way to the Algarve and back to Lisbon. Before we reached the last destination on our itinerary, we stopped in Evora for a…
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