We arrived at our next stop last Sunday afternoon and have really been enjoying it. The house is lovely and […]


We arrived at our next stop last Sunday afternoon and have really been enjoying it. The house is lovely and […]

Last week was our last week in Nazaré and there were some ups and downs. We started school again after […]

One of Steffen’s Christmas presents was a sailboat tour on the Tagus River in Lisbon that I (again) found through […]

There is another well-known monastery near Nazaré, Alcobaça Monastery, that I wanted to visit so we headed out Sunday morning […]

On Saturday morning we took a quick trip to a nearby monastery, Batalha Monastery. We had actually tried to go […]

We spent New Year’s Eve as (hopefully) everyone around the world did: at home, just the six of us. We […]

We’ve been in Nazaré for almost four weeks now and are falling more and more in love with Portugal as […]

When we lived in California, a dear friend who is a professional photographer took our annual family photos. I’ve been […]

We ended out tour at Cabo de Roca, the westernmost point of mainland Europe. Another gorgeous landscape here in Portugal! […]

On Monday we spent the day exploring Sintra (near Lisbon) with our amazing tour guide, Mauro, who we found through […]