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We’re in Amarante now, population 11,000. Here is the view from our hotel room: Before we got here though, we had to cement the foundation of my wine training. After yesterday’s visit with Isa and Alberto, who make a Port wine, but aren’t really into marketing it because, according to Alberto, it’s too much trouble […]

Many helpful drivers in Lisbon and Porto have made sure we understood the intense rivalry between Lisbon and Porto – both on the soccer field and in the tourism arena. And I am happy to report to you that – as much as we loved Lisbon – we are firmly on Team Porto. Porto is […]

We had three hours on the train and I planned to use that three hours to take a step back and try to assess any possible common denominator in what goes wrong in our travels and, while I’m sure we are all assuming it is Ron, a frank assessment seems to indicate that the real […]

It’s time to pack up here in Lisbon. Tomorrow, we take a train 3 hours north to Porto. Porto is where we meet up with Road Scholar – Beyond the Vineyards. We cover a lot of smaller towns and sites – things that Ron and I can’t possibly get to via train. We are doing: […]