Some people we meet are traveling for 3 months, 5 months, even a year. Some are single women, traveling alone. Some are using English (often the only common language), maybe their second, third or fourth language, to communicate as they go from country to country. One Seattlite is riding his bike through […]
We just left our peaceful haven at Frido and Xenia’s villa (Dame de Salema) along the southern coast of Portugal. Of all the little villages in the Algarve, we chose Salema on Rick Steves’ recommendation and were so glad to have found this gem. This is a great example of why Rick’s books (and others […]
When in Rome, we ate dinner at the Beehive every night. We got to chatting with Laura, the cook, and learned that she had a friend from a small mountain town in Tuscany who was coming to stay with her for the week, leaving his apartment free. We took the intercity bus through th beautiful […]
