Adventure Updates
Mindo, Mindo, Mindo!!!
Any apprehensions we had about finding our bus were gone in an instant. Its clear that bus stations in Ecuador have dealt with too many clueless gringo’s so everything is...
This was a total whirlwind day trip out of Quito. So many things!
Otavalo is a city two hours north of Quito. It is most famous for the indigenous market that goes on in the centre of the city every...
Welcome to an entire new type of adventure! The South American kind! The Ecuadorian kind! Quito style!
One 30 hour sleep in the airport till the security guard wakes you up travel day later, we arrived...
As we write this, we are in our second Porto hostel. Our first got filled up by some Italian catholic youth in town to travel to Lisbon for World Youth Day in their quest to see the Pope. Our writing sessions...
Well, we just created a European tier list of stuff. You will see that after all the Europe blogs come out. A week or two probably.
It’s 45 minutes until we head for the Porto Airport. We will...
Pastel de Nata… the most ionic and delicious pastry in Portugal.
Pastel de Nata is similar to a Chinese egg tart. It is a tart filled with a creamy custard filling. I will go into more detail...
One whole week in one location? What a concept. We had RELAXATION days! What a concept. We slept in. We puttered. We chilled. Wow.
Porto is straight up gorgeous though. The skyline of buildings working...
This is a little two tiered story about how port wine is created, and the friends we made along the way discovering how.
At our hostel in Porto (Sandeman hostel, owned by a port company), we recognized...
This was a really good day. What a scenic place to be.
Sintra is the classic historical day trip from Lisbon. A small sized town with all sorts of fantastic palaces and castles atop and alongside hills...
Officially time to slow down. We spent four nights here, the most in one place so far, and we could have done four more. Lisbon is a vibrant city. Lots to do.
We arrived to the city on the afternoon...