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After quite a while not taking Little Al on the road, we thought it would be a great time to escape the Texas chill down and head west to warmer temps. Although he was a little upset for us leaving him so long, mainly because of the pigeon poo down his back, he was moreContinue reading “Escaping the cold”

Our luck finally ran out yesterday on our day trip to Guimaraes which is about a hour and half day train ride north. We actually jinxed ourselves…”we have been so lucky that every time it rains hard we are in a building and haven’t got that wet.” That theory works well when you’re not sittingContinue reading “Day Trip to Guimaraes”

It was a pretty casual day for us yesterday as we just took it easy and tried to see all the things we hadn’t seen yet. The rain stayed away most of the day but just like most days opened up after the sun went down. Of course our highlights of the day were placesContinue reading “Just a Casual Day in Porto”

After a day walking around most of the city yesterday on a food tour, we thought a good day today would be in a van with new friends driving around the countryside. Other than the amount of time riding in the Covid transit vehicle we all enjoyed our tour immensely. The tour included two wineryContinue reading “A Day To Wine”

On behalf of my “Super Sizing” USA brethren, I would like to apologize for my families poor showing on our recent food tour. We fought the food and the food won! Yesterday we spent the full day on the Culinary Backstreet Food Tour with our food guide Bruno. Our tour started poorly, actually right beforeContinue reading “Man (And Women) versus Food”

We (the girls) decided that, although we have a wine dinner cruise coming up, that they could not wait and we needed to cross the Rio Douro to find out what Port (wine) was all about. With these two fearless leaders, I have quickly found out that most of our adventures will lead to eitherContinue reading “Time For Some Port”

After a much needed 12 hour sleep (really did happen), we spent our second full day with just one planned event and the rest of the day walking around the city. The day was highlighted by a visit to Livraria Lello & Irmao (Lello Bookstore). It is one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal andContinue reading “Around the City”

After a quick stop in Newland, NC for Adult Summer Camp, we’re back on the road. It was a great 10 months but it’s so nice to start traveling again. Little Al didn’t make this trip across the Atlantic, turns out he can’t swim but he will be with us soon on US adventures. WeContinue reading “Back again, just needed a rest.”

The McGaff’s haven’t been on the fly, turns out when you buy a new home (built in the 70’s) you don’t have the time to travel like you are used to. We’ve made a move to Newland, NC to get away from that much mentioned Texas heat. Unfortunately, our unanticipated accepted bid on our newContinue reading “Still here, you there?!”

After dropping big sis off at the Charleston airport we had the decision to make of which direction to head home and what to see along the way. Should we head north to I40 to get above the rain…or south to I10 to get behind the rain…or just take I20 and “let the game comeContinue reading “Nothing To See Here”