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Portugal, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

Porto, SEF, & A Tale of Two Residency Renewals

October 18, 2018 by Patti 10 Comments
SEF

It’s a humbling experience to wait in the SEF Immigration office, in Porto, surrounded by dozens of people seeking immigration status for one reason or the other.  There are stories to be told.  Stories of personal choices, such as ours, and stories of trying to gain or maintain work or student visas, or perhaps even desperate stories of life saving pursuits of residency.  It’s humbling to have choices knowing that so many do not.

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Portugal, Redefining Retirement, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

The Red-Eye Flight -vs- The All-Day Flight

October 10, 2018 by Patti 14 Comments
red-eye flight

Have you ever thought about which is the lesser of two evils… the red-eye flight on which you spend 7 – 8 hours painfully exhausted but unable to sleep, or is it less evil to be wide awake and giving up an entire day to fly across the Atlantic Ocean or to some other long-distance destination?

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Canada, Road Trips, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

Road Trip! The Canadian View of Niagara Falls

August 30, 2018 by Patti 14 Comments
Canadian

We’ve crossed the Canadian border more times than I can remember, but never before have we been asked if we had weapons in the car.  And, it was the Canadian border patrol doing the asking, the US border patrol didn’t ask.  Sadly, I think it may be a sign of the times.  Aside from a few questions such as in which state do we live, where were we going and how long would we be there, along with a quick scan of our passports, crossing the border was a drive-through breeze.  It was just a matter of waiting our turn.

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Camino de Santiago, Interviews, Travel Abroad

The Camino, A Toddler, & The Yellow Envelope

June 20, 2018 by Patti 6 Comments
The Yellow Envelope

I went looking for a feel good story to write and here’s why I’m writing about The Camino, A Toddler & The Yellow Envelope.  Not your average post title, right?  But there’s a definite story behind the words.

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Hospitality Intrigue, Random Thoughts, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

Booking With Airbnb: Yay or Nay?

June 10, 2018 by Patti 16 Comments
airbnb

When we owned our B&B in southern Oregon, the phenomenon of Airbnb was just burgeoning on to the hospitality scene, but we could see the writing on the wall.

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Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

How to Spend 7 Nights in Dijon, France

April 29, 2018 by Patti 13 Comments
Dijon

It pretty much came down to a proverbial coin toss.  Do we spend a week in Dijon, or do we spend a week in nearby Beaune, which is where we had booked a bicycle tour through the Burgundy Vineyards.  In the end, Dijon won the toss.

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Reviews, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

The Best of the Best: Potsdam, Melk, & Mondsee

April 15, 2018 by Patti 11 Comments

Potsdam, Germany.  Melk, Austria.  Mondsee, Austria.  Have you heard of them?  They were not at all on our list of chosen destinations while traveling across Europe with Eurail.  And, yet, these unexpected treasures turned out to be three of our most memorable experiences.

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Interviews, Portugal, Reviews, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

Meet the Porto Locals: Nuno from Casa Natal

April 7, 2018 by Patti 6 Comments
Casa Natal

The first time we entered Casa Natal, I could hardly contain my enthusiasm.  Of course, not wanting to embarrass myself I kept my glee in check, but oh… in my head a party was going on.

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Tapas, Sangria & Cerveza in Seville

March 25, 2018 by Patti 16 Comments

There were a few things we didn’t know as we stepped off the train in Seville.  We didn’t know where the bus stop was, nor did we know how to get to our hotel.  But the biggest thing we weren’t prepared for was how unbelievably hot it was.

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Interviews, Portugal, Reviews, Travel Abroad, Travel Tips

Meet the Porto Locals: Andreia at Sogevinus

March 18, 2018 by Patti 12 Comments
Sogevinus

Our relationship with the City of Porto began in 2010 when Abi and our son took a Port wine – vinho do Porto – tour of the Douro Valley and it’s when they first met Andreia and were introduced to the Kopke Port Cellar.

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