by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Hola! Well, it’s travel time again! Actually, travel time is past due for my wife and I, as we haven’t been out of the country since September 2017! This was a long stretch for us. We normally try to do at least two foreign adventures per year,...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Only 3 days left before our departure. Yay! Long air travel is never something to look forward to. On Monday the 11th we will fly out mid-morning to JFK airport in New York, enjoy a leisurely 2.5 hour layover, then board our flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal. We land...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
We depart for Portugal and Spain the day after tomorrow! Tick, tock! Time is flying. Given the really bad news we all received this week about celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and our upcoming journey, I thought the following quote was worth repeating: “Travel isn’t...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Well, we won’t really be in Portugal till Tuesday, but what the heck, mentally we are out of here! We spent the afternoon pouring through more Youtube videos of the places we will be visiting and the hotels, pousadas and paradors where we will be staying, so at...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Today was the city tour and a Portuguese Cooking class. The food is quite simple and simply delicious! It’s getting warmer, tomorrow we will be in the 90’s! We also will leave Portugal and head to Carmona, Spain. Evora is a charming city, but I think 2 or...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Wow, I finally have a little time to start to organize our photos, videos and write something to my blog. We have been very busy! Lisa and I really enjoyed Portugal and were happy to finally get to visit the country and mark it off our bucket list. But, we both agree,...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Today we had a “learning and discovery” activity. We got to spend the better part of a day at a bull ranch, owned and operated by a well-known Spanish matador, Rafael Tejada. All I can say is that being a matador must be very lucrative! He has a huge 500...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Okay, I lied. Cordoba is actually a very old and beautiful city in southern Spain. Like many others, it began as a neolithic settlement, then came the Romans, then the Muslims. In fact, it became the capital of the Islamic emirate and the Caliphate of Cordoba i.e, a...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 5, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Hi folks! I have to make this a quick post. I may get a chance to say more later. It’s hard to believe our trip is almost over. We leave on a flight tomorrow morning at (ugh) 6:00am. We won’t get much sleep tonight. I do have more to say about our trip, as...
by Jeff Drake | Jul 1, 2018 | 2018 Spain & Portugal
Hola muchachos! We are home after our trip to Portugal and Spain and at this point, well-rested! Jet lag was rough for a couple days, but this wasn’t our first rodeo, so we pushed through it. By the way, we both agree that purchasing the extra legroom seats on...
