Bilbao, Spain
November 2021 Bilbao, or Euskaltzaindia in Basque, was founded in the year 1300 by the Carta Puebla. In 1511, when…
November 2021
San Sebastián, Spain
November 2021 Donostia – San Sebastián San Sebastián or Donostia in the Basque language is located in the Basque Autonomous…
Port Wine and The Duoro Valley
The writings of the Greek geographer Strabo, show that people of the Iberian Peninsula were drinking wine over two thousand…
Thoughts on Porto
November 2021 Porto is like a really comfortable sweater, you slip it on as though you have known it for…
Bridges of Porto and a Bit More
November 2021 The Arrabida Bridge was designed by Edgar Cardoso (1913-2000), said to have been the best bridge engineer of…
Porto, Portugal
November 2021 My friend Susan and I met up in Porto. It is a town where I slowed down, and…
Bom Jesus de Braga
November 2021 This stairway is why you come to Bom Jesus in Braga, Portugal. The first indication of a chapel…
Coimbra, Portugal
November 2021 Coimbra is a lovely town, and like every University town, it is multifaceted. The university was first established…
Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal
November 2021 Convent of Christ Tomar, Portugal To put the Convent in simplistic terms it was originally a 12th-century Knights…
Driving North in Portugal – Alcobaça and Batalha
November 2021 Alcobaça The Alcobaça Monastery is one of the first buildings to be associated with the Cistercian Order in…
Driving South to North in Portugal – Évora
Halloween – 2021 I am driving from the south of Portugal to Porto attempting to hit as many UNESCO World…
Lisbon: History, Art, Water and So Much More
October 2021 I have been wandering around Lisbon flummoxed. I am staying at a very nice hotel in the Braixa…