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Our Portugal finale: Sintra and Belem, Lisbon
As we wrap up 2024, I realized that I neglected to finish my Portugal blog series from our trip back in August! I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with bated breath to read about how we spent our last couple days in Portugal. 😉 Exploring castles and alchemy in Sintra After landing in Lisbon and…
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The streets and food of Lisbon, Portugal
After spending a whirlwind few days in scenic Azores, we departed for mainland Portugal for the last half of our trip. We landed in Lisbon in early afternoon and were picked up by our driver to bring us to our hotel. We stayed at Martinhal Chiado, a family hotel which offers serviced apartments. Our studio…
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Discovering the Azores: Nordeste Area, Sao Miguel
Our final tour in the Azores took us to the Nordeste area of Sao Miguel, on the northeastern part of the island. Cesar picked us up in the morning and took us to our first stop at Cerâmica Vieira Lagoa, a 150 year old ceramics factory that produces the signs that adorn many buildings and…
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Discovering the Azores: Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel
After a day touring Furnas Valley, we were excited to see more of Sao Miguel. Our second tour with Azorean Tours would take us to the western end of the island to Sete Cidades. The Sete Cidades volcano occupies 110 square kilometres on the extreme western portion of Sao Miguel, with two crater lakes known…
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Discovering the Azores: Furnas Valley, Sao Miguel
The first half of our trip to Portugal was spent in the Azores, an autonomous archipelago in the North Atlantic composed of nine volcanic islands. Over the course of four days, we toured around Sao Miguel, the largest and most populated island. We flew on Azores Airlines (Sata) via an overnight flight which took us…
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Travelling to Azores & Portugal with baby — lessons learned
Bom dia! We have just returned home from our first trip to Europe with little Teddy, who celebrated his first birthday while we were in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a wonderful trip overall and I look forward to sharing recaps of our itinerary in my forthcoming posts. To start, I thought I’d write a little…
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Dog-friendly vacation in Prince Edward County
After our family trips to New York City and California in the spring, we stayed local for the summer. Our most recent domestic trip to Prince Edward County allowed us to bring along our dog Gizmo, who has been left behind at grandma’s house on all our previous travels. Preparing for doggy travel While it…
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San Francisco finale: Baker Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf
Following our road trip to Monterey, we returned to San Francisco for the last day of our California vacation. We checked back into the Fairmont and in the morning kept our rental car to drive over to our family photoshoot. I had booked us a photo session via Flytographer, which is a service that connects…
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Baby’s first road trip: San Francisco to Monterey, California
After a few days in and around San Francisco, we departed down California’s central coast toward Monterey, where we would stay for a couple days. Driving down the Pacific coast We checked out of the Fairmont in the early morning and walked down the treacherous Mason Street hill to pick up our rental car in…
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Muir Woods National Monument, California
Following our day exploring Golden Gate Park and the Sunset district, we ventured across the Golden Gate Bridge to visit Muir Woods. The Muir Woods National Monument is part of the Golden Gate Recreation Area, located 12 miles north of San Francisco. It protects 554 acres of land, about half of which is made of…
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