We kicked off our two week Portugal roadtrip in Lisbon, and stayed at an AirBnB in the Alfama. The Alfama is the oldest district of the city, which, I now see on Wikipedia, was built around the 12th century. Obviously I did tons of investigating before and while I visited the city :) The area was a sort of labryinth, with tiny streets that suddenly seem to dead end or veer off, and steep hills.…
Before heading off on my next trip home to the US next week, its about time I post on my trip to Miami, Key West, and the Everglades from August.
One of my best friends and I thought decided to meet “halfway” between Amsterdam and San Francisco. With neither of us in the mood for a city trip to NYC, Boston, etc, we figured Miami would be the next best bet. Neither of us really had much of an idea of what to expect about Miami, except that it would be awesome. And that much of our time would look like this:
and it did
We decided to go to Portugal for a few reasons - basically, we liked that it had the possibility of combining a city trip, the outdoors, and of course, the beach.
We started our trip in Lisbon, and stayed at an AirBnB in the Alfama. The Alfama is the oldest district of the city, which, I now see on Wikipedia, was built around the 12th century. Obviously I did tons of investigating before and while I visited the city :)
The area was a sort of labryinth, with tiny streets that suddenly seem to dead end or veer off, and steep hills. After arriving at our apartment, I figured we’d never find our way back - thankfully Google has mapped this area, so don’t worry.
Below: Outside of our apartment in the Alfama.
First day of summer in the Hague
And the first day of summer in Sacramento.
How about we meet in the middle, guys? Say 75 or 80 degrees?