One of the supposed highlights of my trip was heading to Granada to see the Alhambra. Now, wait! Before all the hate e-mail starts coming in, questioning my eyesight, my intelligence and my taste in Red Castles, I have to preface my comments by saying that the Alhambra is a well deserved tourist attraction. The [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
Heading across the bridge from Oporto, it is easy to grab a bottle of Port with some olives and pass the day away watching the foot traffic or the boats meander down the River Duoro. With the whole area devoted to Port and the appreciation of it, one can easily be swept away with tons [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
Train stations are almost always interesting … Oriente in Lisbon is no exception
If one has two days in Porto, don’t waste your time going to museums and seeing the tiled outside of churches. Spending time in Europe necessarily means that you will be seeing a lot of churches. The people in Spain and Portugal love their Jesus … don’t believe me, then check your history books. For [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
If you’re like me and like to subject yourself to various amounts of self flagellation and sado-masochist torture, then one can attempt to make the trip from Asilah to Porto without stopping. There are no direct flights from Asilah (obviously!) to anywhere; hence one must get either to Tangiers to Casablanca for flights to Portugal [... Click here to keep on reading this article]
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