Trip: The World (Part II)
There are [389] stories from my trip: The World (Part II)
MOROCCO | Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [629]
We were glad to arrive at Fez after six hot and dusty hours on the bus from Tétouan. The bus was better than a school bus – barely – with no air-con and the one-position seats. But the splendor of the Riad des Remparts ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Tuesday, 2 Jul 2013 | Views [864]
Tétouan, a mere hour bus ride over the Rif Mountains from Tangier, hasn’t yet been “discovered” by tourists. It’s a place where real people live real lives, where the various souks in the medina serve the needs of ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Monday, 1 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery
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MOROCCO | Sunday, 30 Jun 2013 | Views [465]
For the first time in months Connie is seated to my left. We’ve turned in the rental car and are traveling by bus through endless fields of sunflowers guarded by hundreds of wind turbines from Cadiz to Tarifa.
Passport control for ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013 | Views [2378]
That about says it all! The "white hill towns of Andalucia" are a collection of blindingly whitewashed buildings clustered high on the hillsides of southwestern Spain. Originally Moorish outlooks they were occupied by the Spanish after the ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 25 Jun 2013 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 25 Jun 2013 | Views [599]
We intentionally skipped some of the sights in Andalucia back in May, saving them for after our visit to Portugal. And that would be now. Things have changed in a month. It is hot and sunny and the once barren fields are filled with ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Sunday, 23 Jun 2013 | Views [668]
No one will ever mistake the Algarve for Cape Cod. Or Almafi. Except for the T-shirt and surf shops, neither does it resemble the Jersey Shore. Portugal’s “Riviera” covers nearly 200 km of coastline from the charming ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 20 Jun 2013 | Views [646]
Lisbon always seemed both sinister and romantic, a haven for spies, traitors, smugglers and other characters. But that was the Lisbon of 75 years ago. I’ve always yearned to see Lisbon but I might have well yearned for the pre-... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | Views [438]
Affordable lodging with free parking is hard to find in Lisbon, especially during the Lisbon Festival. Finding Casa Shanti is never easy. We decided to stay at this 300 year-old farm in Mafra and commute to Sintra, Belem and Lisbon. ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Sunday, 16 Jun 2013 | Views [834]
The three towns are as different as could be. They aren’t listed in the same guidebooks; they’re not even in the same part of the country. All they have in common is their cuteness.
Obidos is the quintessential tourist trap.... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | Views [1379]
Miracles hardly happen any more. Two of the more recent ones, sightings of the Virgin, took place in Lourdes, France and here in Portugal at Fátima. More coincidence than miracle, we visited each exactly two years apart.
In 1858 ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013 | Views [544]
Convents, monasteries, cathedrals, Cistercians, Dominicans. It’s almost like being back in England. But in Portugal, absent Henry VIII, many of the convents and monasteries haven’t been left in ruins. Take the Convent at ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013 | Views [1335]
Alcobaça makes a great base to explore the World Heritage sites in central Portugal. It's within 50-or so kilometers of Tomar, Fatima, Nazare and Batalha. And the hotel Santa Maria is the perfect place to stay . . . for a night, or ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Sunday, 9 Jun 2013 | Views [834]
School's out in Coimbra, Portugal's answer to Salamanca. The University, founded in 1290, is housed in the former royal palace from the days when Coimbra was the capital. The old university has expanded since then but today's 25,000 students ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | Views [683]
Portugal has a history of exploration from Henry the Navigator to Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan, fearless men who defined what we know of our planet in the 15 th Century. Our satellite navigator, “Sir Clive,” seems to be intimidated ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | Views [616]
Our hostess, Monica, said we were the first ever Americans to stay at Casa do Brasao – in fact, tonight we were the only occupants. Casa do Brasao is a 17 th Century home cum hotel in Tabuaço, complete with many of the original furnishings.... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 4 Jun 2013 | Views [796]
Salamanca hosts the largest university in Spain and Spain’s largest plaza. But it’s the little things that make the town interesting. Students believe it brings good luck if you can find the skull with the frog on it near the ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 2 Jun 2013 | Views [711]
"You can't judge a book by its cover." That applies to the alcazar at Segovia and the walled city of Avila.
Fairytale castle at Segovia
Segovia's Disney-esque castle perches on a cliff, but it is a 19th Century ... Read more >
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