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We are now in the fairytale town of Sintra, Portugal. Home to castles extraordinaire located 50 minutes northwest of Lisbon. We really...

We visited Lisbon's Carmo Convent, where you can still see the devastating impact of the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755—the worst...

Not every day is a sightseeing day, especially when the city has a 1pm curfew (the next two weekends have nationwide half-day lockdowns)....

Our third Airbnb in Lisbon is a charm! It's scrumptious, pink and fulfills my Old World living dreams! The floor-to-ceiling windows with...

We awoke at 6 am, bags all packed and jittery because of a long day of uncertain travel ahead. The day before, we had walked to the bus...

We are bummed out today because our time in Spain has abruptly ended. Today marked a pivotal day in the lockdown. The government was...

On the night of the election, we were walking home from dinner and a woman on the street stopped us and asked where we were from. We are...

Even though we have been in Spain for a couple of weeks, we are still adjusting to the daily schedule. Spaniards are night owls, so we...

After a very late night followed by restless sleep and stress dreams, Clint and I woke up frantically reaching for our cell phones on our...

Even though Halloween looked much different this year, we hope all of our family and friends were still able to muster up some spooky fun...

Upon arrival, we knew we had landed in a unique spot. Granada is a very intriguing place with a different vibe than what we have seen so...

I can't imagine how awesome Seville was before the Coronavirus because it's pretty fantastic even during a pandemic. This vibrant city is...

We surprised the kids with a visit to the Isla Mágica in Seville. As luck would have it, it's only open two days a week and we happened...

We arrived in Spain without a hitch! Originally, we were trying to fly to Portugal and then end up in Spain a few weeks later, but...

We arrived here with zero plans and hadn't researched a thing, yet our visit is going quite smoothly and we are pleased with Rome's Old...

We are staying blocks away from the Pope, so it seemed logical to kick off our tour of Rome with the Vatican. To see so many of the...

We headed to Rome on a whim because we were only a short train ride away, none of us had ever been and... well, how could we miss it?!?...

We couldn't miss the opportunity to hike to the top of Mount Vesuvius after being so intrigued by the story of Pompeii. The 4203 ft...

My elementary-school self dreamed of being an archeologist and owning a Hallmark shop. Yes, even back then, I realized this might...

Trying to prolong summer, we flew down to Sicily ten days ago, hoping to bypass the extended forecast of rain and thunderstorms predicted...