For our first full day in Portugal, we decided to take a walk to a local boutique winery, Sapateiro. It’s less than a 15 min walk from our apartment. We booked a “tasting”, which we naively assumed would be like one of the many tastings we have had in Niagara and other places. We were completely mistaken! First off, they […]
So far, the start of our sabbatical time has been pure decompression. Over the past few months (and especially the final week ahead of the trip), we have been building up to our departure last Sunday – things to do, people to see, etc. And, after nearly a full day of travel and subsequent crash, we find ourselves just taking […]
We have had a dream since 2010 that we have worked so hard to make real. Our original target date was 2020 to allow time for our pets to all live their best lives and pass away, rather than abandoning them for a year. In 2015 when we got pregnant, we pushed it back to 2022 so the kids would […]
Thank you for choosing to visit our travel blog for our upcoming sabbatical year in Europe! We will be leaving Canada on June 25 with our first stop being near Porto, Portugal. Stay tuned for more content in the coming weeks. We will also be back-filling this blog with content from our old blog in the 2009-2014 era, so feel […]