We’ve been in Belgrade for almost 4 weeks now and the time has flown by. We have a really nice Airbnb apartment that looks like an Ikea floor model. There is a memory foam bed and my back feels great. The internet is fast and we have a comfortable place …
I love Greek food! I had my first taste when I was pretty young. My parents were having a party and their good friend Ann, who is Greek, brought a plate of her homemade baklava. I remember sitting under the buffet table stuffing my face with that delicious desert. I …
One day during the first week we were here in Greece, we were hanging out at the apartment trying to get a little work done. We heard a guy outside on a loud speaker, talking in Greek of course, so we had no idea what he was saying. The sound …
We’ve been in Hiraklion, Greece, on the island of Crete since Jan 3. The first thing I have to say about Greece is that the people here are so nice! It all started with Aegean Airlines. They certainly aren’t a luxury airline and our tickets from Lisbon to Hiraklion were …
We like to eat, and Lisbon is a great place to do that. There are many excellent places to go, from touristy seafood restaurants, to cozy kebab houses, to small cafes with one or two tables. Here is a short list of the most notable foods and restaurants we discovered …
I was watching a video blog the other night where a couple of travelers were in Lisbon for the first time. They tried to figure out the public transportation. They tried to find a restaurant that served a certain dish, but the restaurant wasn’t there any more. They tried to …
A friend recently asked me about the weather here in Lisbon. When we got here in late October we had a few warm days. November was exceptionally dry followed by an unusual cold front in early December, but now we have settled in to typical Lisbon weather where it is …
There’s a virus out there that starts with a sore throat. Some people realize they are sick, others shrug it off as allergies. Then the virus really attacks, making people angry, grumpy, and really, really sick… This could easily be the beginning of [insert name of zombie apocalypse movie], but …
We did it. We are finally in Europe. For the last five months we have been watching the count down clock we have on some internal tools, for Roving Squid, until the clock said 0 days. Then we got on a plane and now we’re here in Lisbon, Portugal! We …
