Arrival in Venice We took the train from Florence and arrived 2 hours later in Venice. We had arranged for a hotel private water taxi and had no ...
Florence
Arrival in Florence Firenze, as the Italians call Florence, is magical. Our friend, Jennie, asked me last night what made Florence so special ...
A Week on Maui
Getting to Maui We flew on Delta directly from Los Angeles to Kahului Airport on Maui - roughly 5 hours flying, but it seemed much longer. At the ...
Inspiration Locally
Where Do You Get Inspiration? Sure, it's easy to get inspiration when you're traveling to a distant land or visiting exotic locations. But where do ...
Los Cabos
At this time last week, we were just ending our one week stay at a Los Cabos resort. Specifically, we spent the week at Las Ventanas al Paraiso, ...
Adeus a Portugal
Yes, it's time to say good-bye to Portugal Our last day in Lisbon was relatively routine. We did a lot of walking and most of it downhill and ...
Return to Lisbon
Aaah.... we've returned to the wonderful city of Lisbon. The weather is a bit cooler and we're now in a different hotel in a very nice part of ...
Amarante
Amarante is a relatively small town in the Douro River area. We picked this rest stop because we wanted to visit some of the wineries along the ...
Porto
We're now in Porto which is north and at the mouth of the Douro River. Based on what I had read and seen on some travel shows, I expected Porto ...
Coimbra
We got our rental car and drove out of Lisbon without any problem. The roads in Portugal are well maintained and the driving was very ...