Monthly Archives: March 2023

Who knows where the time goes Since the previous post ended with me returning to the flat after my New Year’s Eve excitement Saturday night, you might reasonably wonder what happened to Sunday. I’ll tell you. Sunday was  a washout. …

After my long morning and afternoon walks, I spent the rest of the day rather lazily splitting my time between reading one of the books I’d brought and surfing the web – mainly watching YouTube videos – until I decided …

It’s the morning of New Year’s Eve. Sometime after 22:00, I’ll walk a couple hundred meters down the street to the Terreiro do Paço to ring in 2023 but otherwise I planned an ordinary Saturday probably much like a day …

Because I was feeling rested after lunch and my 75 meter morning climb hadn’t been enough of a challenge, and based on the review on Atlas Obscura, I decided to hike up to the Museu da Farmácia (Pharmacy Museum). The …

Sometimes the information you get from guides and websites can be a bit incomplete. I’ve mentioned some of the more individualized websites such as Spotted by Locals, Atlas Obscura, and Amusing Planet that I regularly use in advance of my …