Europe ~ Read, Travel, Create
Portugal, Summer 2023 ~ Read
I am still in search of a great book set in Portugal. For now, I am substituting Journey to Portugal by Jose Saramago as a stand-in. It is a personal…
Portugal, Summer 2023 ~ Travel
Our trip to Portugal in June/July of 2023 was planned to coincide with our friends Scott and Diane move into their newly refurbished villa in Alcobaça, near Nazare on the…
Portugal, Summer 2023m ~ Create
I will not hide that one of the main reasons I wanted to visit Portugal was… azulejo tiles! Yes, not pastel de nata pastries, not port wine, not incredible views…
Nice, Spring 2022 ~ Travel
An early spring visit to Nice, located in the south of the Provence region in France. Our Airbnb looked out on the Mediterranean Sea and the famous Salyea courtyard with…
Nice, Spring 2022 ~ Revel
Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice is my favorite. The museum is housed in a building that Chagall specifically designed to house this collection. Every room is planned for display…
Ireland, Spring 2022 ~ Read
What a journey of a book! The story of womanhood and motherhood that carries across two centuries and two life stories of female poets in Ireland. It is raw and…
Dublin, Spring 2022 ~ Read
I mean, could this blog even be considered legitimate if I traveled to Dublin and did not read James Joyce for my prep? While I didn’t have spare time to…
Dublin, Spring 2022 ~ Travel
Travel to Ireland in mid Spring and you might just enjoy all 4 seasons on the daily. Luckily, we managed to escape the rain with remarkable skill (maybe because we…
Dublin, Spring 2022 ~ Create
Colcannon with Brown Butter! Ok, so cabbage is not as common here in the United States, except for coleslaw. Most people have a tendency to perceive certain foods only in…