A stretch of the Silver Water Aqueduct. Although there is grand evidence of ancient Roman civilization in the Portuguese city of Év...

H A P P Y   H A L L O W E E N ! ! ! Pena National Palace in Sintra, Portugal.

Don't be fooled by the cracked plaster and peeling paint on the exterior of this holiday apartment we rented in Lisbon .  The one-b...

I have been perplexed at times, while traveling in Europe, about a task I consider here at home to be pretty straightforward - flushing the...

When an entire town is named a  UNESCO World Heritage Site , you know it's going to be an interesting place, and that is the re...

Oddly enough, the only direct train from Lisbon to Madrid , and vice versa, is a night train.  So, since we had no other way to get f...

Did you know that Lisbon's Oriente train station is as busy as Grand Central Terminal in New York? Lisbon Oriente Station On ...

Native wildlife is always fun to encounter when visiting a foreign land, and we got a kick out of seeing the multitude of storks and th...

For the last 12 years or so I've hosted an annual 4th of July parade for the kids in our little neighborhood.  It's probably ti...