Time to Pack, Make Lists, and Reserve Uber: We’re Traveling

Porto, Portugal 2023 It's time to travel! School is done, and with graduation over, I am ready to board planes and fly off to places not yet seen and a few places we go every year. Last year, I chose the European cities we visited before flying to Portugal to be with family. We went... Continue Reading →

No Place Like Your Own Bed

We are home! I am still acclimating to our time, waking at 3:00 in the morning, thinking it is time to get up for the day. Five weeks of being five to six hours ahead take a while to overcome. But it was a blast! To travel internationally again was such a joy. Still, as... Continue Reading →

Friendly Friday Photo Challenge, February 22, 2019: Dreamy

Wonderful secluded beach in Portimao, Portugal Dreaming of Wading in the Water Posted for the Friendly Friday Photo Challenge, February 22, 2019, hosted this week by The Snow Melts Somewhere. The prompt is Dreamy.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

Jewels in the Paleontology Museum in Elche, Spain The Archaeological Museum in Elche, Spain The Paleontology Museum, Elche, Spain The breakwater in Quarteria, Portugal Our hands love to feel the texture of items! The two museums in Elche were packed with items that you were allowed to touch, which was so cool! Posted for Cee's... Continue Reading →

Friendly Friday Photo Challenge-Pathways

Pathways remind me of choices: which way to go to maximize a day's opportunities for reflection and fun? Pathways rarely used lead to surprising places and make it possible to experience views and create memories that few others have witnessed. Villajoisa, Spain: Roman ruins: Pathway to the past. Portimao, Portugal! Step Carefully! Elche, Spain: Which... Continue Reading →

In the Beauty of God’s Holiness: Travel Photos from Portugal

On Friday, we went to Faro, which is the main city in the part of the Algarve of Portugal where we are. Because it has an airport, train station, a huge bus terminal, and a marina, the city is big, compared to the little city we are staying in. The diversity of people was greater,... Continue Reading →

Two Parallel Cultures.

  We have jaunted over to Spain for a few days. Unfortunately, we seem to have come during Seville’s busiest party week, and we don’t do that kind of party. I tend to think of the two, Portugal and Spain, as nearly identical. They have been connected at different times and developed in parallel ways.... Continue Reading →

Soaring Like the Swallows

It is less than a week before Douglas and I will  begin our great adventure. Like the swallows, we will be long-distance migrants, flying a great distances have our soul needs met. For me, traveling seems to be in my blood. I need to experience life in different places, to feel truly connected to the... Continue Reading →

ADVENTURE!

I returned to work after recovering from the flu. The first thing I heard was that Wayne had passed unexpectedly. Though he was older, he kept working. I immediately thought about Jim, who had retired with plans to travel all over the US. Within a month, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Others I knew... Continue Reading →

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