Portugal

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 of tastings and pairings, instead …

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 the last 800 years, they’ve …