{"id":77,"date":"2022-05-13T09:42:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2022-08-07T18:13:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:13:55","slug":"impressions-of-portugal-2022-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/impressions-of-portugal-2022-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressions of Portugal, Spring 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed ye-container\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k2ati5oe7pc\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"PortugalTour5max\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"PortugalTour5max\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-05-13T23:54:17Z\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/k2ati5oe7pc\/default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2ati5oe7pc\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"isFamilyFriendly\" content=\"true\" \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2ati5oe7pc?modestbranding=1&rel=0&autoplay=1&color=white\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We traveled to Portugal after the Photopills camp in Menorca at the end of May. Our purpose was to visit several cities to discover where we might like to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of Portugal Locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lisbon<\/strong> <em>June 6 \u2013 June 9<\/em><br><strong>Porto<\/strong> <em>June 9 &#8211; June 14<\/em><br><strong>Braga <\/strong><em>June 14 \u2013 June 19<\/em><br><strong>Coimbra<\/strong><em><strong> <\/strong>June 19 \u2013 June 21<\/em><br><strong>Lisbon <\/strong><em>June 21 \u2013 June 22<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trip Diary<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/07\/lisbon-day-one\/\" aria-label=\"Lisbon Day One (June 7th)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0055-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0055-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0055-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0055.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/07\/lisbon-day-one\/\">Lisbon Day One (June 7th)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-07T09:54:07+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 7, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As I write this, Pam and I are at the end of our second full day in Porto. I\u2019m going back to review Lisbon, so it doesn\u2019t get lost in the brain fog \ud83d\ude42 Pam &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/08\/lisbon-day-two-june-8th\/\" aria-label=\"Lisbon Day Two (June 8th)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0223-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0223-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0223-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0223-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0223.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/08\/lisbon-day-two-june-8th\/\">Lisbon Day Two (June 8th)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-08T20:49:24+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 8, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We had a slow start for the second day, but we decided to check out a few of the iconic scenic sites. We felt mostly pretty energetic, but didn\u2019t want to press our luck too &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/09\/porto-day-one-june-9th\/\" aria-label=\"Porto Day One (June 9th)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0274-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0274-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0274-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0274-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0274.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/09\/porto-day-one-june-9th\/\">Porto Day One (June 9th)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-09T11:57:41+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 9, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The train trip from Lisbon to Porto was fairly smooth and uneventful. The Lisbon Oriente train station had a beautiful geometric patterned sun shade&nbsp; The train was on time, we found our seats, and it &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/10\/porto-day-2-june-10\/\" aria-label=\"Porto Day 2 (June 10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220610-140832_R5_0392-1-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220610-140832_R5_0392-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220610-140832_R5_0392-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220610-140832_R5_0392-1.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/10\/porto-day-2-june-10\/\">Porto Day 2 (June 10)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-10T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 10, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Our Porto apartment, on Rua do Almada, had big glass doors at the back, overlooking gardens and backs of apartments and restaurants on the parallel street. It was a fairly open view and by opening &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/11\/porto-june-11-atlantic-breezes-in-matosinhos\/\" aria-label=\"Porto Day 3 (June 11) Atlantic Breezes in Matosinhos\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0461-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0461-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0461-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0461-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0461.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/11\/porto-june-11-atlantic-breezes-in-matosinhos\/\">Porto Day 3 (June 11) Atlantic Breezes in Matosinhos<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-11T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 11, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Summer is not the best time to be a tourist in a city. It&#8217;s been plenty hot on these brilliantly sunny days. Being tourists, wandering around, is draining and we need frequent sit-down stops at &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/12\/porto-day-4-june-12\/\" aria-label=\"Porto Day 4 (June 12)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220612-114812_R5_0688-1-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220612-114812_R5_0688-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220612-114812_R5_0688-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220612-114812_R5_0688-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220612-114812_R5_0688-1.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/12\/porto-day-4-june-12\/\">Porto Day 4 (June 12)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-12T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 12, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We decided to get out of the tourist center of Porto and explore some parks. We walked to Santa Caterina, which is a popular shopping street and a central bus stop. We took the bus &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/12\/lisbon-porto-street-music\/\" aria-label=\"Lisbon &#038; Porto &#8211; Street Music\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0690-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0690-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0690-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0690-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0690.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/12\/lisbon-porto-street-music\/\">Lisbon &#038; Porto &#8211; Street Music<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-12T21:21:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 12, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It&#8217;s a holiday weekend here in Porto &#8212; Portugal Day. We need to learn more about its history, but for now, it means that locals are happy for a long weekend, and tourists are filling &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/13\/porto-day-5-june-13-birds-and-fado\/\" aria-label=\"Porto Day 5 (June 13) Birds and Fado\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613-175528_R5_0815-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613-175528_R5_0815-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613-175528_R5_0815-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613-175528_R5_0815-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220613-175528_R5_0815-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/13\/porto-day-5-june-13-birds-and-fado\/\">Porto Day 5 (June 13) Birds and Fado<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-13T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 13, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We decided to find out if Porto&#8217;s large Parque da Cidade was a wild or tame park, groomed or natural, shady or sunny. Some pictures we saw online made it look a little boring and &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/14\/porto-day-6-june-14-expats-meetup\/\" aria-label=\"Porto Day 6 (June 14) Expats Meetup\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614-131323_R5_0850-2-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614-131323_R5_0850-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614-131323_R5_0850-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614-131323_R5_0850-2-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220614-131323_R5_0850-2.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/14\/porto-day-6-june-14-expats-meetup\/\">Porto Day 6 (June 14) Expats Meetup<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-14T23:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 14, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We had originally planned to take the train to Braga mid-day, but we learned that a group we follow on YouTube, Expats Everywhere, was planning a meetup at a Porto hotel in the evening. So &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/15\/braga-day-1-july-15-history-and-expat-friends\/\" aria-label=\"Braga Day 1 (July 15) History and Expat Friends\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220615-113026_R5_0872-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220615-113026_R5_0872-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220615-113026_R5_0872-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220615-113026_R5_0872-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220615-113026_R5_0872-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/15\/braga-day-1-july-15-history-and-expat-friends\/\">Braga Day 1 (July 15) History and Expat Friends<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-15T22:30:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 15, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Our Apartment After arriving in the dark last night, we discovered that our location in Braga, Pra\u00e7a Velha, wasn\u2019t just kind of close to historic things, but it was just inside the Arco da Porta &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/16\/braga-bom-jesus-do-monte\/\" aria-label=\"Braga Day 2 (June 16) Bom Jesus do Monte\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0932-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0932-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0932-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0932-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/R5_0932.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/16\/braga-bom-jesus-do-monte\/\">Braga Day 2 (June 16) Bom Jesus do Monte<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-16T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 16, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">On June 16, we visited Bom Jesus do Monte, a beautiful Catholic Sanctuario in the hills northeast of Braga. You will see this beautiful hilltop spot with its dramatic staircase in almost any Braga tourist &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/16\/braga-day-2-june-16-evening\/\" aria-label=\"Braga Day 2 (June 16) &#8211; Evening\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220616-185012_R5_0940-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220616-185012_R5_0940-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220616-185012_R5_0940-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220616-185012_R5_0940-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220616-185012_R5_0940.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/16\/braga-day-2-june-16-evening\/\">Braga Day 2 (June 16) &#8211; Evening<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-16T22:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 16, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When we arrived back from Bom Jesus we missed the most convenient bus stop and got off at the next one a bit further from our apartment. As we strolled toward the apartment, we passed &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/17\/braga-day-3-june-17-historical-museums\/\" aria-label=\"Braga Day 3 (June 17) Historical Museums\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220617-112632_R5_0974-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220617-112632_R5_0974-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220617-112632_R5_0974-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220617-112632_R5_0974-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220617-112632_R5_0974.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/17\/braga-day-3-june-17-historical-museums\/\">Braga Day 3 (June 17) Historical Museums<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-17T21:30:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 17, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Back in Porto, at the meeting of the Expats Everywhere group, we met another David who lived in Braga. David C. offered to show us around, so this morning we met him outside Arco da &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/17\/braga-day-3-june-17-evening\/\" aria-label=\"Braga Day 3 (June 17) Evening\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220617-212214_R5_1000-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220617-212214_R5_1000-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220617-212214_R5_1000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220617-212214_R5_1000-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220617-212214_R5_1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/17\/braga-day-3-june-17-evening\/\">Braga Day 3 (June 17) Evening<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-17T22:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 17, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Pra\u00e7a da Republica was the place to be on Friday evening. The festival lighting had been rescheduled from Wednesday and there was a happy crowd waiting. The fountain had garlands and a statue of S\u00e3o &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/18\/braga-day-4-june-18-parades\/\" aria-label=\"Braga Day 4 (June 18) Parades\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220618-150508_R5_1079-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220618-150508_R5_1079-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220618-150508_R5_1079-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220618-150508_R5_1079-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220618-150508_R5_1079.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/18\/braga-day-4-june-18-parades\/\">Braga Day 4 (June 18) Parades<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-18T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 18, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">After seeing so many highlights of Braga\u2019s history, we thought we would follow up on recommendations to visit the nearby historic town of Guimar\u00e3es. But, it turns out that this day being Saturday, it was &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/19\/braga-to-coimbra-june-19\/\" aria-label=\"Braga to Coimbra (June 19)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-140227_R5_1147-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-140227_R5_1147-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-140227_R5_1147-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-140227_R5_1147-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-140227_R5_1147.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/19\/braga-to-coimbra-june-19\/\">Braga to Coimbra (June 19)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-19T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 19, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We packed up, took out the trash as instructed, left 12 euros on the table for the city lodging tax, and got our bags down to the Tibias caf\u00e9 as it opened at 9am for &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/20\/coimbra-day-2-june-20\/\" aria-label=\"Coimbra Day 2 (June 20)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220620-134632_R5_1406-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220620-134632_R5_1406-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220620-134632_R5_1406-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220620-134632_R5_1406-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220620-134632_R5_1406.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/20\/coimbra-day-2-june-20\/\">Coimbra Day 2 (June 20)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-20T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 20, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Having arrived in Coimbra yesterday, we&#8217;ve realized how tired we are. We can&#8217;t absorb any more churches, and remember them. The camera helps with reminding us of what we&#8217;ve seen. We&#8217;re sort-of ready to be &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/21\/coimbra-to-lisbon-june-21\/\" aria-label=\"Coimbra to Lisbon (June 21)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-130305_R5_1128-2-300x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-130305_R5_1128-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-130305_R5_1128-2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-130305_R5_1128-2-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-130305_R5_1128-2-68x53.jpg 68w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220619-130305_R5_1128-2.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/21\/coimbra-to-lisbon-june-21\/\">Coimbra to Lisbon (June 21)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-21T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 21, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Today we headed to Lisbon for one more night before we fly back to the United States tomorrow afternoon. The house in Coimbra We were leaving at 10am, so Pam had time to sit in &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/22\/list-of-restaurants\/\" aria-label=\"List of Restaurants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220611-195121_R5_0685-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220611-195121_R5_0685-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220611-195121_R5_0685-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220611-195121_R5_0685-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220611-195121_R5_0685.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/22\/list-of-restaurants\/\">List of Restaurants<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-22T01:13:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 22, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We didn&#8217;t succeed in finding the best food at first, but as the trip continued, we found some places we really liked. Lisboa June 7 A Padaria Portuguesa, morning pastries. Fabrica da Nata, Restauradores. 2nd&nbsp;morning &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/22\/lisbon-and-home-june-22\/\" aria-label=\"Lisbon and Home (June 22)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622-104610_R5_1499-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:225px;max-height:225px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622-104610_R5_1499-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622-104610_R5_1499-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622-104610_R5_1499-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622-104610_R5_1499.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2022\/06\/22\/lisbon-and-home-june-22\/\">Lisbon and Home (June 22)<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-06-22T21:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">June 22, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It rained this morning. Rain feels unexpected in sunny Portugal. It&#8217;s good though since Portugal is having a severe drought. The winter rains have been a lot less than usual. We did our packing and &hellip; <\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We traveled to Portugal after the Photopills camp in Menorca at the end of May. Our purpose was to visit several cities to discover where we might like to live. 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