Warm (ish) sunny days, thin crowds and low prices…why wouldn’t you want to see Spain and Portugal in winter!? Here’s a quick guide on what to expect in the winter months, and also a rundown of the places we visited during our two week trip (this post is based on Portugal and the south of Spain, … Read more
I hadn’t even heard of Sintra before I planned our brief trip to Portugal but it turned out to be one of my favourite little towns in Europe. Why is that, I hear you asking? Well, it has an eccentric palace/garden complex, the ridiculously colourful Pena Palace and the great wall of Portugal, AKA the Castle of … Read more
Have you seen that movie “The Hills Have Eyes” ? It’s about a group of inbred man-monsters terrorising an American family, and sorry to spoil it for you, but it doesn’t end up well for almost everyone involved. While I didn’t see any inbred “things” in Lisbon, I did see a lot of hills, and … Read more