My incredible luck has not failed me as I near the end of my six month around-the-world journey. For my last ten days I have chosen Cascais Portugal because I have long wanted to come here, and Cascais specifically for its beaches. Somehow, I just knew I would be tired at this point and badly … Read more
I arrived in Portugal following a nightmare 13 hour travel day where everything that could go wrong did go wrong, including nearly being throw off an Italian train over a seat assignment, a flight that was an hour late, and getting lost at night between the airport and the rail station in Lisbon because the … Read more
The three words for Italy that best describe the country are, in my opinion: Historic: Culture, art and history are everywhere; a feast for the eyes and for the soul Passionate: From the cadence of spoken Italian to the lovers on the streets, Italians are passionate about everythingand, I struggled to come up with a … Read more
There are a few thoughts rolling around in my mind that are good Italy tips and tidbits (some informative, others funny) that I couldn’t make fit in any other blog entry, so I decided to lump them all together in this final post about Italy: At least 50 percent of everything you want to see … Read more
All the literature indicates that you can walk the trail between the five towns of Cinque Terre, Italy in five hours but as far as I am concerned, that would be a sin. Instead, I chose to split the hike over two days, beginning with the western portion from Monterosso al Mar to Corneglia, which … Read more
