During our 3-day trip to Lisbon, I felt at home like no other place I have ever visited. History explains my level of comfort. I am a Brazilian who was born and raised in Bahia, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. When the Portuguese explorers arrived on the Bahian…
Cascais was a fishing village that was forever changed when the Portuguese royal family established it as their favorite location for a summer retreat. This heritage is apparent in its elegant 19th-century architecture of palaces and elegant mansions. Nowadays, Cascais is a charming and affluent community that attracts locals and…
Sintra is no ordinary town. This wonderful destination has attractions that you can’t possibly see it all in one day. That said, don’t only take a day trip to Sintra while you are in Lisbon. Instead, stay there for one night or two if you can. We stayed for two nights…
Venice seduced me several years ago when we visited it for the first time, and upon our second visit, that hasn’t changed – not my love for it or the lovely alleys and canals, elegant gondolas, aged architecture, and stunning art. The Floating City is still delightful and full of…
Years ago, when we visited Rome for the first time, I left the city after a 3-day trip with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I was fascinated by its historical and cultural heritage, the fantastic masterpieces, and stunning architecture. Let’s not forget the food and wine! On the other…
On our way to Rome, we had a long layover at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Aware that sitting at the airport wouldn’t be fun, I searched for something easy and entertaining to do until we caught our connecting flight. A day trip involving something typically Dutch, Zaanse Schans seemed…
Recently, we had a fabulous trip tracing part of the Civil Rights Movement Trail. While mapping out the route, Elvis Presley’s name kept appearing in my research. Soon, I found out why. “The King of Rock and Roll” was born in Tupelo, a city in northeast Mississippi between Birmingham, Alabama…
It was with a variety of emotions that we tracked the Civil Rights Movement on our Civil Rights Trail road trip. While it was heartbreaking, we believe that expanding our knowledge about the past would teach us valuable insights about ourselves and others. Frustration, sadness, and shame overtook us when…
It has been almost two years since we moved to Texas and, with one trip at a time, we have been discovering the second largest state of the nation. This time we took a road trip to Big Bend National Park on the southern side of the state in the…
There’s a reason Chicago is known as the Windy City. When we visited Chicago at the beginning of September, still summer in the northern hemisphere, we expected to see the city on its sunny and warm days. Instead, it was cold and cloudy. Despite the luminous clouds drifting across the…
