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Summer 2020: Staying “close” to home

August 16, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

I don’t even think I need to mention why it was deemed necessary for this vacation to be ‘close’ to…

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Filed under: andalucia, arrabida, beach, beachvacation, cabodaroca, cadiz, castelodosmoros, evora, jerezdelafrontera, lisbon, merida, penapalace, portugal, quintadaregaleira, setubal, sintra, southernspain, spain, staycation, summer2020, troiapeninsula

Badass Women: Mariza

June 4, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

Following off my last post about Amália Rodrigues, the queen of fado music from Portugal, I have another fado singer…

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Filed under: amaliarodrigues, fado, mariza, music, portugal

Badass Women: Amália Rodrigues

May 3, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

In my next two Badass Women posts, I am going to focus on two singers that have not only awakened…

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Filed under: amaliarodrigues, fado, mariza, music, portugal

Happy 2018: How to see Coímbra in a day

January 12, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

   Here’s to my first post of 2018, and look out for my thoughts on reading ONLY women authors for…

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Filed under: befree, coimbra, fatima, newyear, portugal, travel

Another weekend trip: relax + tourism

March 13, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

   Not this past weekend but the weekend before, my boyfriend and I planned a weekend getaway around the Valentine’s…

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Filed under: almeida, bermellar, ciudadrodrigo, españa, laalberca, portugal, salamanca, spain

Traveling through northern Spain and Portugal

April 2, 2016 Alaina Leave a comment

   Looking for a week-ish long trip through some of the most beautiful landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula? It doesn’t…

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Filed under: baiona, españa, leon, madrid, oporto, portugal, puebladesanabria, segovia, spain, travel, viajar

New Food Friday: Pastel de nata

December 14, 2012 Alaina Leave a comment

   The pastel de nata, or cream cake, is the most famous pastry of Portugal. Naturally I ate it as…

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Filed under: cream cake, lisbon, pastel de nata, portugal

Portugal the beautiful…

December 9, 2012 Alaina Leave a comment

   This weekend I traveled to Lisbon and Cascais, both in Portugal. Portugal is now tied with Greece as being…

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Filed under: cascais, lisboa, lisbon, portugal

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