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Prado + Tapas
Located in the Retiro district of Madrid, the Museo Nacional del Prado is a peer museum to the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Peers yes, but they have very different styles of art collections with the Prado’s being a pinacoteca collection by the Spanish monarchs while the Louvre’s collection is much more massive covering many…
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Tapas Time
Ok there is Tapas on this trip as well but I liked just the three ‘P’s in the title… In our travels sometimes we set up short visits to cities to get to know them, this trip is full of them. Our visit to Lisbon is completed, time for Madrid, another new city for us.…
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Everyday is a Leg Day in Lisbon
In our travels we have learned to pace ourselves a little, make sure there is downtime peppered through out the trip. Today was such a day, our Sintra tour took a lot of energy so we slept in before going out for some afternoon and evening activities. However with Lisbon having seven hills (sete colinas)…
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Sintra
Located about 15 miles from Lisbon, Sintra is a mountain resort town known for its many palaces, castles, parks and gardens. More than one well-heeled person has gone there to indulge their architectural fantasies. A town full of Hearst Castles, eh? Warned that it gets quite busy we got off to an early start with…
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A (Slower) Food Day
We don’t move at my usual hectic pace every day. Today we slept in a bit then had a great food tour in central Lisbon. Our guide was Lisa Boatman of Culinary Kickstart Tour, a US citizen who has taken up residency in Portugal. Our first stop was at Bifanas da Tia Alice to try…
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Obrigado vs Arigatō
One thing I have been struggling with is “thanks” in Portuguese is obrigado and in Japanese (where we were last year) is arigatō (or Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu). Sounds quite similar and is a coincidence. However based on our recent travels I keep getting my vowels and consonants wrong…
Pylsur + Petiscos + Pintxos
Travels to Iceland, Portugal and Spain
Thomas & Kim De Lora
Ex-workers, travellers