June 2024
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Note 45 – June 2024 Books
Total Books: 5 Total Pages: 1468 Longest: 315 Shortest: 252 Genres: 4 (Biography – 1, Fiction – 1, Mystery – 2, Thriller – 1) I started the month of June off reading another “you gotta read this! It’s so funny!” book recommendation from my sister. Then, she told me the title and I wondered if…
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Note 44 – Reviewing Our Travel Experiences in Portugal
Sadly, our time in Portugal came to an end. We used Welcome Pickups (they operate in many cities world-wide we learned) again for our transportation to the airport and were pleased with their service. Communication with the driver was easy through their app as our original driver was caught in traffic, so he sent another…
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Note 43 – Lisbon Day-Trip: Discovering the Magical UNESCO Heritage Site of Sintra and Coastal Delights
For our last full day in Lisbon, we decided to go out of town on a day-trip with our Tours By Locals guide Carla to the mountains and palaces of Sintra, the westernmost point in continental Europe, and the seaside town of Cascais. She picked us up at 8am at our apartment as we had…
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Note 42 – Discovering Lisbon’s Belém District
It is Sunday, May 5th, on our trip, and most of the museums and attractions in Lisbon are closed – except those in the Belém district to our west along the Tagus River. As we had researched this in advance, our itinerary for Lisbon activities was created around this fact. We also decided that Belém…
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Note 41 – Walking Old Town Lisbon
The apartment we rented in Lisbon was one block from Pink Street, near lots of restaurants and bars, but with the shutters closed we didn’t hear excessive noise while we slept. Its location is on the border of the Cais do Sodre (towards the Tagus River) and Chiado (up the hill) districts making it convenient…
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Note 40 – May 2024 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1130 Longest: 366 Shortest: 193 Genres: 4 (Biography – 1, Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1, Thriller – 1) Between the trip to Portugal (and yes, I still have additional posts coming about that trip – sorry to interrupt the flow for those of you following that topic) and other…
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