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I’ve gotten some comments recently, saying that I “should” travel in a certain way or that I would “see more” or that it’s “moronic” to travel with dogs. To that I say: Don’t be travel snobs What’s interesting to me is that the most vocal person, wrote from Boston. Are they out traveling the world? [...]

Someone asked yesterday about traveling with kids– can you do it?  I don’t have kids, but I do have two 80 lbs labs, and if I can fly them overseas, convince a landlord in Spanish to let us rent a loft and live in the heart of Madrid– then yes, I think you can pull [...]

When I arrived in Dublin, my bus from the airport broke down.  I asked the driver, “Is this the Central Bus Station”.  Nope.  I headed to grab a taxi, when I found out I was about only 200 meters away.  We weren’t at the Central Bus Station, but if we had been any closer I [...]

They should have named this the Goat Islands, but really the Canary Islands weren’t named after the bird either.   A fact about the signs in Fuerteventura:  they don’t make goat crossing signs, so the resourceful islanders use deer crossing ones instead.  So I spent the first day driving past the sand dunes on one side [...]

I took the overnight ferry from Italy to Croatia, landing in the city of Split. Usually when you land in the sea port, you’re down by “the docks” in some quasi-industrial section of town, where you have to walk 30 minutes just find a taxi to get you back to civilization. In Split, you land [...]

Christine is off to Croatia this evening, after landing in Venice last night, so her trusty sidekick (read: husband) is here to fill in by posting a slideshow of her trip to Lisbon. Let’s send her good vibes on her travels, this is the trip that is requiring the most logistical planning, moving from place [...]

If you were disturbed by the graffiti in the last post, just know that not all of Lisbon looks like that.  In fact, the graffiti is probably the only negative thing you can say about this city.  It’s as warm as Madrid, but with a wonderful ocean breeze.  There are tourists, but mostly from Spain [...]

The image above is me praying for silence.  I can’t hear myself think, the music is at a solid level eight here at the Hostel Lemon in Portugal.  This place is a little different than the other hostels I’ve stayed in, as it’s difficult to avoid the party– there is only one common room, and [...]

Lisboa is beautifully falling apart.  It’s a photographer’s dream.  Tomorrow I’m in search of the perfect Pasteis de Belem (the official dessert of Lisbon), and I may even try out some Ginjinha (a liquor with a cherry like flavoring).

Photo: Christine Gilbert July 14, 2008 Paris, France