November 30 - Snow Storm

November 30, 2019 - We had a lot of snow on the ground when we returned home on November 12 from our trip to Portugal. With the very cold w...
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November 10 - Portugal, Day 24

November 10, 2019 - The food experience here in Portugal does not receive high grades from us. On the other hand, our dinner on Friday night...
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November 9 - Portugal, Day 23

November 09, 2019 - This morning the day did not seem very promising. After breakfast, we returned to our room with low expectations for the...
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November 8 - Portugal, Day 22

November 08, 2019 - This is my impressionistic rendering of a Porto street scene. Today we returned our rental car and moved to another hot...
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November 7 - Portugal, Day 21

November 07, 2019 - Today, our first day in Porto, was a slow day. I took only one roll of film (or the equivalent of). The day varied with...
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November 6 - Portugal, Day 20

November 06, 2019 - Today was foggy with a constant light rain. Combine that with the fact that we also disliked our hotel room in Peso da R...
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November 5 - Portugal, Day 19

November 05, 2019 - Today we left the village of Tabuaco, where we had spent two nights in this guesthouse, Casa do Brasao,which was a 17th...
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November 4 - Portugal, Day 18

November 04, 2019 - It rained last night and into this morning, but had let up just before we left Tabuaco. On the way down the valley road...
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November 3 - Portugal, Day 17

November 03, 2019 - Today we were heading to the Douro River area. We first headed west along the motorway, retracing our route from two day...
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November 2 - Portugal, Day 16

November 02, 2019 - This is the view from the balcony of our hotel room in Vagos. It's much better than you might think. It may be nostalgi...
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November 1 - Portugal, Day 15

November 02, 2019 - Before we left Viseu this morning, we went for a stroll in the old centre of the city. It was quite dark and not very at...
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