McDonalds was our saving grace the night before and we woke up renewed with hope: tablets are allowed at meals, hallelujah! We had a full day planned for our last full day in Porto starting with an art class where we would learn about and paint our own Azulejos – the traditional tile that adorns […]
We set an alarm today because we had a date with the Worlds Most Beautiful Bookshop or Livraria Lello. It has become quite famous due to its association with Harry Potter (allegedly this is where some of the inspiration for Hogwarts and the moving staircases came from) so you have to book your ticket time […]
Alright, as I said, our first day re-entering the travel universe was hell. Our kids were a mess, we were exhausted, our food choices seemed to go wrong etc. Luckily the city itself was easy to navigate, the people were friendly and easy going and no one other than us seemed to be bothered by […]
Wow. It’s been a minute. What has happened since our last post in June of 2019? A baby, a global pandemic, a cross country move, and a 5 year hiatus of international travel almost to the day! Skipping past all that and here we are in Portugal, a family of four, and re-learning the highs […]
Hmm…there seems to a be a theme going on with the last few posts… The flight from Glasgow to Cork was super quick and convenient even when on a tiny puddle jumper. Customs and passport control were a breeze as we seemed to be the only flight that had landed. We were greeted by an […]
Our last night in Scotland was spent in the Glen Coe region of Scotland, a beautiful varied landscape comprised of the UKs tallest mountain Ben Nevis, high mountain passes with moors on top and more lochs than you know what to do with. Our drive away from Skye gave us the opportunity to stop at […]
We had three days in Skye and we jam packed every single one of them. We had grand illusions of hiking every day and did a fair job of accomplishing that. We realized towards the end that all of our hikes ended up showing us the far extremes of each side of the island. To […]
We were riding on a high from our long awaited for encounter with the highland coos and decided to push our first day on Isle of Skye by getting one of our hikes out of the way. The town of Portree was our home base and is only about a 15 minute drive to the […]