I met up with an old friend in Portugal in mid September 2025 for some walking and talking girlfriend time as we explored the street of lively Lisbon, caught the train to Cascais for cliff top strolls then the train down to Lagos for beaches, bars and yep, more walks! Here are the highlights. Love a little Lisboa We stayed on the outskirts of Lisbon in a cute guesthouse called […]

We spent a week in May exploring Portugal from the verdant Duoro Valley across to Porto on the Atlantic coast, down to the busy Lisboa area then along the southern coast to the pointy tip of Sagres and the beachy coves of Lagos. We crossed the border from Spain near Chavres and our first stop was in Alijo in the Duoro valley where a quietly spoken gentleman at the Tourismo […]