One of the things that we really like about traveling around the world is observing how people in other places take care of everyday needs. Grocery shopping in Portugal is pretty fascinating, at least from the perspective of Americans.
Category: Grinds
Poh-ta-gee Revenge!!
So in a way very much like Montezuma’s Revenge wreaks havoc on the poor, innocent traveler to Mexico, Maylene and I have fallen wickedly prey to da Poh-ta-gee Revenge in Portugal. We have both been stricken by food poisoning (we think). I had it for five days and Maylene is now on day 3. I…
And Now We’re in… Belgium…
After Ireland and a one-night layover in Amsterdam, we headed over to Belgium to play tourist in Brussels and Bruges. First up– Brussels. Advance research told us that there was not much to see and do in Brussels, but we went anyway because we couldn’t secure “affordable accommodation” in Bruges right away. No problem, we…
A Breakfast By Any Other Name
While in the UK and Ireland, we’ve stayed in numerous of bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) and guesthouses. As the second B implies, the room also comes with breakfast in the morning. More often than not, breakfast isn’t merely yogurt and cereal but a hot, cooked breakfast usually consisting of sausage, bacon, beans, an egg, tomato,…
English breakfasts – here we come!!
We are on our way to the UK for about a month – flying into London tonight and directly onto Bath on Tuesday. We’re taking Rick Steve’s general itinerary for UK touring in 22 days and cutting it down in a few places. We will be checking out Stonehenge and Avebury after a few days of relaxing…
A Baby Jesus Here and a Baby Jesus There…Here a Baby, There a Baby, Everywhere a Baby Jesus….
Today we headed in the late afternoon to brave the heat and the crowds of Florence (Firenze) and intended only to do the Rick Steve’s walking tour of the city and to arrange for reservations later this week to two of the major art museums in town. We figured there’d be a slim chance of…
Rijksmuseum et al…
Today we visited a few museums. The Rijksmuseum was really great. Unfortunately, however, it was under renovation – in some ways good because it wasn’t overwhelming with information but rather, just enough. It related the history of the Dutch people through the artwork of its more famous artists. We enjoyed our jump-on, jump-off tram pass…