A River Cruise, Fado, and Port in Porto
Port hauling boat on the River Douro It was an incredibly “touristy” thing to do, a shameless moment when we let one of those usually [Read More…]
AuthorChuck Ros
The Tomb of Portugal’s First King
This is the tomb of Afonso Henriques, who lived from 1095 to 1185. Dubbed “The Conqueror”, he was Portugal’s first king and is buried at [Read More…]
The Duoro Valley, Portugal
We’ve been staying in the Dão valley of Portugal, which is not as well known as its neighbor to the north, the Douro valley. The [Read More…]
British-American English Cheat Sheet
“We are two nations divided by a common language.” -Winston Churchill Churchill said it well. The quinta where we’ve been staying during our time in [Read More…]
Conimbriga: Roman Ruins in Portugal
The Fountain House, Conimbriga Just a few minutes south of Coimbra, Portugal are the Roman ruins of Conimbriga. Not ones to pass up seeing Roman [Read More…]
We’ve Become Fluent in Metric
Portuguese might still allude us, but we have become fluent in metric. Despite the efforts of years of elementary school teachers, metric never “stuck” with [Read More…]
Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra, Portugal The university town of Coimbra is worth a day visit when traveling in central Portugal. We visited this past weekend and, despite its [Read More…]
The Quinta Experience of Portugal
Quinta dos Tres Rios, Our Homebase in Portugal I’ve mistakenly defined Portuguese “quintas” (pronounced KEEN-tuh) as B&B’s, but they’re a bit more than that. A [Read More…]
Touriga Nacional: A Fantastic Wine Discovery in Portugal
Travel discoveries are always exciting; for vinophiles, a wine discovery is especially exciting. That we will come across spectacular wines and entire varietals that we’ve [Read More…]
Afraid of Heights?
We saw on the news last week before we left that there was a little “issue” with the sky deck at the Sears Tower (or [Read More…]