Imagine leaving your parents and homeland at the age of 17 to move to a distant, foreign country with nothing […]
Side Trip to Minneapolis
Technically not part of Road Trip 2019 because we flew from Missoula to Minneapolis and back. Our reason for going? […]
Sightseeing in Missoula
Recipe for Planning a Successful Road Trip Step 1: Identify your “must visit” destinations, and Step 2: Connect the dots […]
Watch Out Missoula – Grandparents in Training!
Owen is closing in on his first birthday, and we’re excited to help him celebrate. But first, we need to […]
2019 Road Trip Kickoff: Six Days En Route to Missoula
1,006 miles and six days from Fort Collins to Missoula. Yes, we could have taken a more direct route and […]
The Enchanted Forests and Fantastical Palaces of Sintra
A trip to Portugal is not complete without visiting Sintra. Although it’s close enough to Lisbon for a daytrip, we […]
Nazaré: Sun Dried Sea Creatures and World Class Surfing
It’s an easy trek by bus from Coimbra to Leiria, where we are staying for the next two nights. Our […]
Coimbra: A College Town with a 729 Year Old University
“Coimbra is a lesson of dream and tradition . . . . The teacher is a song, and the moon […]
Aveiro, Portugal – Canals and Boats
Does that make Aveiro the “Venice of Portugal” as advertised in the tourist literature? I think not, but it’s a […]
Porto Again – the Downtown Experience
For no particular reason, Bill is wondering where in the U.S. the latitude is the same as in Porto, Portugal. […]
Wine Tasting in the Douro Valley
“The N-222 road linking Regua and Pinhão is scientifically the world’s best drive. It beat the likes of California’s Highway […]
Chillin’ at the Beach in Porto
Three days. No schedule or list of sights to visit. No palaces, churches or museums – just one tiny castle […]
Just Passing Through 