Renee’s Travel Blog Posts

Bari

Bari is a port city on the Adriatic Sea, and the capital of southern Italy’s Puglia region. Its mazelike old town, Barivecchia, occupies a headland between 2 harbors. Surrounded by narrow streets, the 11th-century...

Matera and Martina Franca

Today we drove to Matera.  Some Google AI history: Before its integration into the modern Italian state, the city of Matera had experienced the rule of the Romans, Lombards, Arabs, Byzantine Greeks, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, and Bourbons. Although scholars continue...

Barcelona

We added Barcelona to our trip because seeing the Sagrada Familia was highly recommended to me by my Camino Kathryn. Paige and I woke up about 4:30 AM since we planned to walk to...

Ronda and Seville

It seems like it was weeks ago when we visited Ronda. We spent our last morning in Alvor with a hike that overlooks the beaches of the town. It was again, absolutely beautiful to...

Algarve Casa Stephanie and Marcel

I left off with getting hit with a ball in Padel. That didn’t happen and Paige and I both really loved it almost more than pickleball ahem. We arrived at Stephanie and Marcel’s beautiful...

Peniche, Sintra and Lisbon

We headed out of Nazare Monday morning. The sea has calmed down, the winds slowed, but it was still very overcast.  We headed to the town of Peniche , which is a coastal Peninsula where...

Obidos and Fatima

After a quick breakfast this morning, we hopped in the car and drove to Obidos. Óbidos is another very ancient medieval town in Portugal that has a medieval wall and a castle. It was...