Our day in Athens began early in the morning at the Acropolis. The taxi dropped us off at the wrong entrance. Rebecca spent 15 minutes on the phone trying to find the correct entrance. We found it just in time for our tour. We made reservations in the morning to avoid the crowds. However, the …
Category Archives: Europe – Fall 2024
Obidos, Portugal
We originally had a tour scheduled at 0845 to go to Obidos, Nazare, and somewhere else. But the tour company canceled about 45 minutes before we left because there weren’t enough tourists. What to do? Turned out to be a blessing in disguise because we decided to take a Obidos ourselves and save money. Rebecca, …
Lisbon, Portugal – Day 1
Rebecca, Paul, Michelle, and I took Uber to the center of Lisbon to catch a free walking tour with Ricardo. We were a few minutes late, but it didn’t matter since the four of us were the only tourists. The tour began in front of St. Dominic’s church near Rossio square. Church construction began in …
Sintra, Portugal
Rebecca, Paul, Michelle, and I were picked up at 0815 by a small shuttle bus for the 30-minute drive to Sintra west of Lisbon. We were on the bus with a Russian couple who recently emigrated to Israel, and two ladies from Haiti who live in Connecticut. Sintra sits up in the Sintra mountains on …
Fatima
Basilica of the Most Holy Rosary in the background.