by ronmitchelladventure | Mar 29, 2026 | Europe, Nazare, Portugal
Escalating war in the Middle East. Governmental discord and disfunction in the USA. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers calling in sick because they are not being paid. We are beyond fortunate to safely fly from the United States to Portugal. It is...
by ronmitchelladventure | Mar 20, 2022 | Madeira Island, Portugal
We have one final week to finish tramping around the mountains of Portugal’s Island of Madeira. Must wake early tomorrow for a drive up to Madeira’s third highest peak, “Pico do Areeiro,” and catch sunrise over the jagged mountains. Shades of light over the...
by ronmitchelladventure | Mar 16, 2022 | Madeira Island, Portugal
After two months of travel in the Canary Islands, we fly to the Portuguese Island of Madeira. We will end our three-months of international adventure here with another stay in a “Cliff Residence” that hangs over the ocean. Ships pass below while planes...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 5, 2017 | Europe, Portugal
After renting a car and driving most of Portugal for ten days, we spend the last five nights in the great city of Lisbon. Full of historical/naval significance (the longest reigning modern European Colonial empire in history), shops, boutiques, museums, and cafés fill...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 3, 2017 | Europe, Portugal
It’s time to drive north through Portugal’s mountainous interior in search of meat and liquor. Melt-in-your-mouth “piglet cooked in wood oven” starts things off perfectly in the town of Monchique. José, the proprietor at our guesthouse Casa Mirante, shows us the fruit...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jun 28, 2017 | Europe, Portugal
After three weeks of hiking and public transportation around the hot Cape Verde Islands in West Africa, it’s time for some cooler temperature and creature comfort. Once we land in Lisbon, Portugal we indulge in the independence of a rental car in search of excellent...
