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...
