It seems every year around this time, I put up a similar post: Goals for the upcoming year. Why should this one be any different?? Trips for 2019: Washington, D.C. Cape Cod A trip on the Danube River Other “travel” goals for 2019: Knock off 10 new local museums Go to the Falconry place Hug a penguin in CT Eat a pretzel in Munich’s Beer Garden again. Climb to the top of Bennington Monument in VT Maybe find my way…
While some people might look at this and only see trash, the archaeologist in me looks at it and gets excited. Deposits of sea glass and ceramics along beaches are getting fewer and fewer thanks to dwindling littering and garbage laws. Sea glass is one of my favorite things to search for on the beach. While some of the glass is “modern” (1900-1990s), there is a lot that is from 120 years ago or more. One indicator of age for…
New York is many things, especially a freezing cold town in February. Updates here have been few and far between, but that is partially because there have been a lot of trips taken. Not sure how professionals do this, but I’ve been on the move this year. First up was New York City. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming…
The Lisboa Card (a.k.a. the Lisbon Card) is Lisbon´s official city travel card. However, is it worth getting for your trip to Portugal? Like many other major cities, Lisbon has jumped on the bandwagon and created their own city card. The goal of this card is to provide visitors with discounts and museums or shops with visitors, which seems like a win-win, right? The first thing to do with a card like this is to do math, horrible, I know! However,…
Street Art of Lisbon For the last few years, Eric has wanted to go to Spain and Portugal for reasons he can’t quite put his finger on. When deciding on our trips for this year, the prices for a week in Lisbon were so low that we decided that we would take care of at least one of those countries and maybe get some sun while doing it. Going into Lisbon, we had no idea about anything. We knew that we…
