Portugal

  • our homes away from home: the europe edition

    and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing.  we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that…

  • a perfect daytrip to cascais and a farewell to portugal

    by this point in our trip (15 days in portugal; albufeira, porto as well as lisbon), we were already smitten by all of portugal’s offerings.  the people, the food, the architecture, the graffiti, the desserts and the beaches.  we heard…

  • walking around lx factory and underground lisboa

    previously an area that was used for manufacturing, lx factory on the southwest side of lisbon is home to some really shops, cafeterias and artistic studios ranging from design to marketing to actual studios.  the area spans less than a…

  • the famous lisbon tram 28

    what to do in lisbon as a tourist?  well the majority of the guides will tell you that timeout market is a top draw in terms of food.  taking the trams/elevadors would be another.  at the top of almost every…

  • The Real Pastel de Nata

    Since our sampling of the most famous Portuguese tarts in Macau, we of course had to try them in their native land. They are known as pastel de nata and we ate a lot of them all for the sake…

  • daytrip to caparica beach from lisbon

    we took a day off of stairclimbing the streets of lisbon and headed south to squeeze in a beach day.  our original plan was to head to cascais but since we woke up late (something that’s been happening more regularly),…

  • the graffiti of lisbon

    if you’re arriving in lisbon through the airport, the first thing you’ll notice outside its taxi stand is the giant mural of dozens of eyes of the world.  i can’t even count how many we passed and i was unfortunately…

  • I Believe in Miracles

    One of my favourite dishes to make at home is red cooked pork belly. Once in a while I would make a trip to T&T to get all the ingredients and spend a Sunday afternoon making the dish. It’s my…