Toys are Tools!
August 27, 2008

Meeting the sweet owner and collector in this
very special toy museum, called Museu do
Brinquedo in Sintra Portugal, was a real treat!

Viana do Castelo & Vigo
August 19, 2008

Despite our problematic entry and it
being dark, we could still see that Viana
do Castela in northern Portugal was a

Crazy Travel Challenges
August 11, 2008

Travel and the open road is an adventure
and things do not always go right, but
sometimes the challenges make for the

Oporto & Douro Valley
August 11, 2008

The rain poured so hard the day that
we went to tour Oporto, that our rain
coats were soaked through before

Alcobaca Monastery
August 4, 2008

The largest Cathedral in Portugal is in
Alcobaca, so we made the journey to
see it and had a delightful backpack lunch

Nazare, Not Our Cup Of Tea
August 3, 2008

Nazare is a very touristy beach town,
so my least favorite site in Portugal
and I could have skipped it entirely. Still

Oooh, Obidos!
August 1, 2008

This is such a darling little town that
makes you want to just "oooh" and
"ahhh" every few seconds at the visual

Kindness of Strangers
July 31, 2008

One of the great things about being a
traveler is the many opportunities one
gets to see the kindness of strangers.

Cabo de Roca
July 31, 2008

Mozart was thrilled to get an official
sealed certificate from Cabo de Roca,
Portugal the furthest western point in

Monserrate Palace
July 31, 2008

The beautiful grounds is what really
touched us at Monserrate, plus the
outside was in one of my favorite

Pena Palace
July 31, 2008

Out of all the palaces that we have
been to, I think Pena Palace is my
favorite. The architecture there just

More Youtube Videos Up
July 8, 2008

We thought we would share some
exciting new videos that we are
proud to finally have up on

Toy Museum
July 22, 2008

Meeting the sweet owner and collector in
this very special toy museum, called Museu
do Brinquedo, was a real treat! There were

Scintillating Sintra
July 22, 2008

We just fell in love with Sintra as
so many before us have, like
Portuguese kings and English

 

Explorers & Maritime Museum
July 17, 2008

Looking at a world map, it is simply
amazing that a small country the size
of Florida made so many significant

New Cameras
July 17, 2008

As many of you know, I managed to
break our good camera... that we had
just bought for the trip... only three days

Beautiful Belem
July 15, 2008

Belem is next to the sea and jam packed
with many of the most important sites in
Lisbon, so we made a beeline there on our

Portuguese Day & Belem Pastries
July 14, 2008

It just worked out by coincidence that
we were in Lisbon, mostly the Belem
area on June 10th which is a major

Luscious Lisbon
July 10, 2008

Lisbon was a surprise and prettier than
expected, as somehow I had not realized
that it is one of those cities where

Mobile Mozart Art Gallery
July 10, 2008

Road schooling has some unique challenges,
but for the most part we all really enjoy it.
Mozart is forever self- initiating and making

Work,Youtube & Play At Lisbon Beach
July 1, 2008

Before heading to Lisbon from Evora, we
had checked our email at that sweet new
cafe and were very puzzled because we had

Book Fair,Wifi & Bone Chapel
July 1, 2008

When it comes to family travel, there is
nothing kids like better than fun activities
and gruesome sights and Evora had both to

Evocative Evora
July 1, 2008

Shockingly, it cost us almost 36 euros
for the toll rode from the Algarve to
Evora, the highest price for a toll road

Sagres & Henry The Navigator
June 30, 2008

Henry the Navigator built his school for
navigation on these steep windswept
cliffs to train the explorers that later

Cabo De Sao Vicente
June 30, 2008

Cape Vincent in Portugal's Algarve is
the furthest southwestern most point in
Europe with a solitary lighthouse and dramatic

Sunny Salema
June 23, 2008

We could walk into Salema from our
lovely naturists' campsite, although it
was slightly nerve wracking because it

Beauty & Nakedness
June 23, 2008

We wanted to skip the over-built  part of
the Algarve as it is not our cup of tea, just
as we avoid the similar over built up parts

More Portugal Colors
June 22, 2008

Our eyes have feasted on the many
delights of Portugal and we have had
great fun with our new cameras

Colors of Portugal
June 22, 2008

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words!

Tennis Anyone?
June 22, 2008

We found a great tennis teacher at this
Campsite in Olhao, Portugal (at only
five euros for an hour), so we decided it

Celebrating In Nature
June 17, 2008

DaVinci's birthday was simple this year with
the highlight being a bike ride to a nearby nature
preserve and just enjoying time with family.

Arriving In Algarve
June7, 2008

How exciting it is to pass the border and
enter a new country! Mozart always whoops
and hollers!  It is even more exciting than