A wine and dinner night out Today we went to Tony C’s for a dinner wine tasting featuring the Antinori Family Vineyards with my parents and some of our neighbors. We got there a little early, so we started out by finding our table and having an aperitif, in my case one of my favorites…
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Santiago de Compostela, Galicia (Spain)
All throughout the year there are people that walk all over Spain to get to Santiago de Compostela. There are different routes to take to accomplish the pilgrimage, starting in Southern France, starting in Portugal, starting in the south of Spain… All different but all with the same ending, arriving at the Spectacular Cathedral of…
Adventures in a Castle – Parador de Baiona
One of the neat things about coming to Spain is that you can actually choose to stay in a Parador instead of your run of the mill hotels. The Paradores are usually historic buildings such as castles, mansions, etc. that have been remodeled and conditioned to be a hotel. So that’s how we ended up…
Pontevedra Galicia – Santa Tecla and Lobster Fest
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…
Vacation in Portugal (Lisbon, Setubal, Troia)
I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday 6/28. Carolina, Mimi and Papa decided to come the day before so they could enjoy an extra day in Lisbon. Mimi picked a really cool hotel near the airport and near the Aquarium to tour around the day before I arrived. They looked around the Aquarium and Expo…
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