This is the jewel in the crown of our travel stops. A full day in St-Émilion, a small wine village and area within the wine region of Bordeaux. Our guide René whisks us from our apartment to spend a day learning about Bordeaux and its wines. It isn’t long that he explains to us that …
We leave Porto behind to catch a flight to Bordeaux, France. The arrival at the airport in Porto is different than when we left North America. No masks are required in the airport nor on the plane. It has been the normal for our trip so far. Evidence of COVID restrictions are mainly gone in …
It’s an early morning rise to meet our driver Marta who is taking us to Porto, a coastal city in the northwest of Portugal and a 3.5 hour drive from Lisbon. Porto, or O Porto in Portuguese, is the second largest city in Portugal and is also synonymous with the Port wine. But first we …
Early September marked our first return to Europe since the start of COVID. Crystal blue skies and warm air greeted us as we exited the airport. As we drove to our Airbnb, our driver Pedro explained some of the areas we cruised by. Fortunately, our accommodation in the Bairro Alto (meaning upper quarter in Portuguese) …