April 7 – 8 We landed in Casablanca, cleared customs, retrieved our bags and exiting looked around for the driver who was to meet us. For this tour, and many others, Intrepid included free pickup from the airport if you were being transported to the lodging provided for by the tour. Since we were coming […]
April 4-6 We left the Falconry and walked a short distance to the stables, a long building with stalls lining each side, each with a window to the outdoors. Most held a horse with a sign on the wall indicating their name and the feed mixture they would be consuming each day. Four of the […]
April 4-6 We would leave Lisbon the next morning and journey not quite three hours for a two-night stay at Alter Real, part of the Hotel Vila Gale Collection. This part of the trip was behind the whole reason to begin with, that is for Jessica, Gemma and Kris to attend the wedding of their […]
April 1-3 We were up and out early for our planned day trip to Sintra through Viator on their Sintra Highlights and Pena Palace Full-Day Tour. Joanna and I visited this area in 2014 but did not take a tour. Instead, we drove our car out to the coast and parked near the lighthouse there […]
April 1-3 The walk back to the apartment with Jessica, Gemma, Kim and Joanna took most of the rest of the afternoon due to the distance involved and the need to do some extensive window shopping along the way. Partway back we stropped in the Santa Maria Major neighborhood on its bustling pedestrian Augusta Street […]
April 1-3 Our drive to Lisbon today would take under four hours of driving time and we decided, based on a Rick Steves recommendation, to make a stop in Coimbra which was about halfway in the journey. To accomplish this easily Marty booked us a ride with a driver that would take us to Coimbra, […]
March 26-30 Jessica felt much better the next day and was able to join us as we set out on a Hop on Hop Off bus experience that would lead to a day of fun and adventure. Our first stop would be across the river in the suburb known as the Lodges of Gaia. In […]
March 26-30 That night Jessica got hit with a nasty stomach bug that would keep her up all night and put her out of service for the next day and part of the one afterwards. Kris also felt a little under the weather and decided to stay close to the apartment and hope to recover […]
March 26-30 Last summer Jessica and Kris received an invitation from their friend Meg for her wedding which was scheduled to take place at the end of April in a small-town Portugal, about two hours east of Lisbon. It was soon decided that we, along with Kim and Marty, would join them and that we […]
February 3-5, 25- 28, 2025 Finished with lunch, a group of us hopped back on the shuttle bus to head the short distance to the Ahwahnee Hotel for a drink at its bar, the one we’ve come to know so well. We had thought about dining there one of the nights in its famous and […]
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