We said our goodbyes to Portugal after a delicious breakfast, love European Hotel breakfast buffets! We were heading north to our next location Galicia, Spain. The Minho River marks the boarder between Portugal and Spain… Once crossed you are in the Province of Galicia which has four regions (Coruna, Vigo, Orense & Pontevedra). Our 1st…
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Española, Mom, Foodie, Love to Cook - Pampered Chef independent consultant, Wine Lover, Geek, Traveler, Social Butterfly, IBMer, Girl Scout Leader... Love to capture thoughts and moments with a photo to remind myself of life's beautiful moments for when I do my scrapbooking or to inspire my journaling...
Visiting Oporto and surroundings, Portugal
Porto (or as we call it Oporto in English) is the 2nd largest city in Portugal, it’s the home of the famous Port wine. The architecture is a mix of historic medieval with the influence of 21st century additions and it’s beautiful to say the least. We had the pleasure of staying for a couple…
Porto (Port) wine tasting
We are in the town of Vila Nova de Gaia strolling around the banks of River Duero. The walkway is filled with people strolling around taking in some Vitamin D, kids are playing in the park, some people selling jewelry and wooden objects on the street… In the picture below Papa and Carolina haggle on…
Our trip to Niagara Falls
I’ve been to Niagara Falls a couple times as a kid (see pic on the left hehehe) but this was the first time I took my own daughter and husband to experience what I think is one of the amazing natural wonders that one should see before dying 😉 Yes I know there are several…
A visit to Yellowstone National Park
Starting out the summer now that school is over, Carolina heads to Yellowstone National Park with her Mimi and Papa. We prepared for this trip by watching the Yogi Bear movie, which was quite fun! Carolina thought it would be cool if they found Yogi and Boo-boo at the Park and he stole their Picnic…
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