Travelling with a newborn – how difficult can it be? I’d heard plenty of advice, both on the ‘go for it’ and the ‘you’d have to be mad’ sides of … Continue reading #19a Lisbon with the baby globetrotter
Category: Portugal
#19 Portugal: Moorish castles and custard tarts
“I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.” Jose Saramago, Nobel prize-winning … Continue reading #19 Portugal: Moorish castles and custard tarts
Moorish Castles and Wheelie Bags
Ostensibly, I was in Portugal for a wedding. A friend from San Francisco had invited me to be her ‘plus one’ at what turned out to be an exceptionally indulgent wedding in Sintra, a small, historic town just outside Lisbon. We dipped in to check out Sintra’s attractions on our way to the wedding venue from Lisbon and again on our way back. (more…)
Gooster on the Loose 