And so my visit to Ireland was coming to and end but I knew I'd return. The last stop was going to be Bunratty Castle. While some would argue that i...
The cathedrals of Kutna Hora are quite magnificent - which is very impressive for it being a small town. I already wrote about the Sedlec Ossuary wh...
No visit to Kutna Hora, Prague, or the Czech Republic should skip the Sedlec Ossuary - an incredible, though a bit creepy attraction.
The Ossuary dates b...
As we near the holidays, I wanted to share one of my visits to the Czech Republic where I got to spend Christmas in Kutna Hora. This was one of my return ...
I had the opportunity to visit the Czech Republic a few times and the first time was the small town of Kutna Hora. This first visit was for business and this to...
All good things come to an end and so did my wonderful visit to Portugal. On my last day there, I visited Sintra and Cascais and all I can say is "wow". This ...
I did it. I did the tourist thing. By this time I was just tired of finding my way around and wanted the last two days in Portugal to be a bit more relaxing -...
Lisbon. Portugal's capital and usually the only place most tourists visit in Portugal. That's a shame - and not because Lisbon is not a beautiful city, it is....
After all this time in Portugal, I'm finally getting to Oporto. Oporto is the second largest city and more importantly, home to the best Port wine in the world...
Bom Jesus do Monte is "Portugal's most spectacular religious sanctuary". Indeed it is. Mind blown. Words just can't explain it.
The site is built on a mou...
I arrived in Guimaraes late in the afternoon after touring the old border castle towns and was greeted by my hosts from Alojamento F&B - another AirBnB find...
There it was, a Border Castles Tour listed in the book. What could be better than a series of old border castle towns? Not one, but several of them! That was...
Off to see the main site in Tomar - the Convento de Cristo. I had read about this, I had seen photographs, but nothing prepared me for what I was about to expe...
I started the day off with a great breakfast and got on the road - next stop, Marvao and then on to Tomar.
Marvao caught my eye based on the views and the hi...
I arrived in Elvas and checked into my hotel - the beautiful Hotel São João de Deus by far the most luxurious of my accommodations during my trip. The hotel ha...
I woke up early, had breakfast, and left the apartment I had been calling home for three days heading toward Monsaraz.
I had picked Monzaraz as the first town ...
On my last day based in Lagos, I decided to explore the West Coast. I headed out with a basic plan - go to Sagres and Cabo De Sao Vicente. As with most of my ...
So my first full day in Lagos was a great one - and a fantastic workout. The day started off with a bike ride I had scheduled with the The Mountain Bike Advent...
The Lagos coast is well known for its rugged beauty and hidden cove beaches and it lived up to that well earned reputation.
Lagos was the first stop on my tr...
Any traveler knows that one of the most important things before leaving is proper trip planning. In this article, I'll go over how I planned a nineteen day roa...
