Lisbon
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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 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 39 – Exploring Coimbra, Nazaré, and Óbidos with an Experienced Guide (Porto to Lisbon)
While researching tour guides on Tours By Locals for our days in Lisbon, we found a professionally licensed guide with over 25 years of experience that we thought we’d like, Carla C. She also offered transportation and guide services from Porto to Lisbon, in addition to standard tours in Lisbon. She appeared to be available…
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Note 32 – Portugal Prep
Expected weather: Hi 72F / Low 49F (historic average ranges for Porto and Lisbon during this time) We are about to leave for Portugal. I gave a high-level overview of what we were thinking back in Note 28, but here is what we have now planned. Day 1 – Lisbon to Porto We should arrive…
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Note 28 – 2024 Spring Trip Planning
I suspect that you’ve all been wondering where we planning to travel next. Well, it isn’t where we thought we’d be going when we returned from Iceland last September! I was going to wait a few weeks after my review of that trip and announce our next trip, but 3 weeks later it became apparent…
Notes By Nancy 