We bid a VERY early morning goodbye to Terceira (9am flights wait for no man…or lady!) and landed back in Lisbon with a few hours to kill before our train to Porto. After reviewing all the near by options, we…
Brasil, Bulls, & Barnacles
After a late start to give our recovery a little extra oomph, we struck out to start our day of mutual exploration of Terceira. Given time constraints, we abandoned plans to explore the greater island, and instead opted to focus…
The Day of Sickness & Woe
The Day of Sickness & Woe: A Tale in Three Acts Act I: Sleep in (Jess because of the late night full of frivolity and singing troupes, and Grant because of the belly issues). Jess has breakfast, which consists of…
Journey to the Island of Grant’s Ancestors
We were up early, and for good reason: we were finally heading to the Azores, more specifically, to the island of Terceira, where Grant’s great grandmother lived! We were very much excited for this leg of the trip for a…
We’ll Always Have Casablanca… and Lisbon, too!
Once again, we were early to rise for a few hour train ride to Casablanca. The scenery along the way was beautiful, but in particular we enjoyed the view of the inside of our eyelids the most… Upon arrival in…
Movie Sets & Iftar
For our last day in the desert, we started bright and early and hit the road. Our first stop (after a couple bouts of napping on both sides of the backseat) was to see the famous fortified village (ksar) of Ait Benhaddou where scenes from…
Morocco is Gorges!
Fun fact: being “gently” awoken by Berbers gently clapping at 4:15am is still NOT a nice way to wake up. Just for the record, in case anyone was wondering, this is what happened, and we hated it. However, it was…
Sun, stars and drums… Not to mention camels!
The day started at an early 8am as we needed to get going to beat the heat, which was forecasted at a scorching 104 F. Our first activity was a bit of 4-wheeling in the rock desert or “Reg” in…
Destination: Desert
We knew we had to be up early to start our desert tour, but an overly enthusiastic rooster had us up a bit earlier than intended… Stupid bird! However, the fowl wake up call did have the benefit of giving…
Fes Wanderings
Per usual, after a hearty breakfast of flour-based things at our riad, we started out day. We opted to spend a couple hours focused on blog updates, given we had pretty decent internet, allowing us to upload pictures. Afterwards, we…