Naxos, Greece; Day 1

We started our day at 6 am, which is early for these Adventurers. We left our lovely cliff-side resort as the sun was coming up, returned the rental car, and enjoyed a quick ride to the Port of Heraklion to catch the early ferry. When we were planning the travel day, the routes from CreteContinue reading “Naxos, Greece; Day 1”

Barcelona, Spain; Day 4

So the two youngest, yucky feeing Adventurers turned up positive for their at-home Covid test. Bummer. We knew Europe had a much higher Covid rate than Africa and the risk would be higher, but breakthrough infections still stink. When CreeperPuppy and CreeperKitty came down with a fever it seemed the prudent thing to do wasContinue reading “Barcelona, Spain; Day 4”

Lisbon, Portugal; Day 5

Today’s adventures took us to the Belèm area of Lisbon via metro and city bus. It’s nearly at the mouth of the Rio Tagas estuary, the water access to Lisbon from the Atlantic. It was from here in 1497 that Vasco Da Gama set off on his historic voyage to India. With it, he usheredContinue reading “Lisbon, Portugal; Day 5”