Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Eleven: Traversing Templar Tomar Day Eleven: Hanging With The Templars, Barely Beating The Crowd, Window of Opportunity Shut, Traversing Tomar, Forest Tuckered, Weeping Water Wheel, The Match Game, Danger Of Death, Checking Out Tomar’s Heritage, My New Almost Girlfriend and […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Ten – Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites On The Way To Tomar Day Ten – Two Towers Are Better Than One, Where Did All The Royals Go?, Going Batty In The Biblioteca, We’re On The Road To Nowhere, Getting A […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Nine: Magical, Mystical Monserrate Day Nine: The Early Birds, A Lovely Walk, Stunning Palace, Less Is Moor, The First Lawn Planted In Portugal, Here Is The News, Somebody Call An Ambulance, What Color Is Diesel?, Toll Unit and the “Real” […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Eight: Quinta da Regaleira and Palácio da Pena Day Eight: Early Birds, All’s Well, Dante’s Inferno, More Manini, Crowd Control, Blown Away (Literally), The Best €20 We Have Ever Spent and A Neighborhood Gem Since I had booked and rebooked […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Seven: Sintra … Colorful City of Palaces Day Seven: Beautiful Residence, The Three-Year Deposit, High Chair, Isabel Takes Over, The Oldest Palace In Portugal, Unique Tiles, Death At The Quinta, Plan B, Some Great Advice, Wine And Pringles, Where’s Perry? […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Six: Final Day In Lisbon Day Six: We Won’t Be Taking Our Luggage, “Portuguese Versailles”, No Crowds, Tiles Channel, Time Out For Lunch, Decisions Decisions, This Isn’t A Buzzer?, The Oldest Functioning Bookstore In The World, Channeling My Inner Sinatra, […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Five: Tell ‘Em We Love Belém! Day Five: Manuel Labor, Get Here Early!, Boy Are They Strict, Tower Of Power, Navigating The Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Put Me In Coach, A Royal Ride, First PopeMobile?, Cranking Up The Heat, Please Let […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Four: Crisscrossing Lisbon Day Four: Justa Wrong Way To Go, Escalators To Heaven, Carmelite Treasure, Don’t Judge A Church By Its Cover, Tuk-ered Out, Timing Is Everything, Banana Appeal, A Date With El Bosco, The Temptations, The Old Ones At […]

Falling For Portugal: A Mai Tai Tom “Trip” Report Chapter Three: Fall Comes Three Days Early In Lisbon Day Three: That’s The Ticket (Finally), Underground Transportation, What Goes Down Must Come Up, Good Samaritans, Siren Song, Farewell To The Queen, Just A Flesh Wound, Kim Chickens Out, Singer Sargent Strikes […]