Jan 15, 2019 | Europe, Porto, Portugal
When I visit Porto it is rare to cross to Gaia, although it is from this bank of the river that we have the most impressive view of the city. With the visit of my husband’s family to Portugal we had to visit this incredible city and while looking for an Airbnb, Gaia...
Jan 5, 2019 | Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe
As you may know, I studied architecture and although I did not work as an architect, nor have I ever felt like doing it, it is a great passion of mine, visiting interesting buildings, to see how Man occupies them, how we live in them, how we see them. During the...
Dec 29, 2018 | Czeck Republic, Europe, Prague
Prague is probably one of my favorite European cities and as soon as I knew I was going to have a layover in the Czech capital just before Christmas I got pretty excited! For one of our crewmates it was her first time in Prague so we had to go through Prague’s major...
Dec 22, 2018 | Europe, Madrid, Spain
Since my friend Adriana told me about el Matadero cultural center, in an old slaughterhouse at one end of Madrid Rio Park, that I wanted to go there. It was also on this day that I learned that I should not cross the city for a walk shorter than the time spent in...
Dec 12, 2018 | Europe, Switzerland
Many of the hotels we stay at are not in the center of the cities and a layover in Zurich does not exactly mean going to Zurich. So I decided to take the train in the opposite direction to Baden, a rather picturesque little town I found on Nomad Mania‘s to-do lists....
Dec 5, 2018 | Europe, France, Lyon
The challenge of going to Lyon came from my mother because in that week was the launch of the Beaujolais Nouveau (new wine from the Beaujolais region, a demarcated region that managed to make famous its new wine, wine usually less appreciated for not being that good)....
Nov 22, 2018 | Europe, France, Paris
A whole day in Paris, not that usual with TAP. Every day, seven planes land from Lisbon and three from Porto, so it’s not that usual to get a full day layover in Paris, being more common to stay only half a day (and as the hotel is out of Paris it is not that easy to...
Nov 5, 2018 | Europe, Finland, Helsinki
If you liked this post and want to read more about my trips to Finland or the neighboring Estonia, you can visit the following posts: Tallinn, a medieval city Finally Finland – Helsinki Night flight from Lisbon to Helsinki. We arrived at the hotel at 7am local...
Oct 23, 2018 | Europe, madeira, Portugal
Last year I went to Madeira to visit my friend Soraia and, not knowing that I was going to enter TAP this year, I did almost everything there is to do on the island. Little did I know that this would be the layover that I have the most, regretting to have seen so much...
Oct 5, 2018 | Europe, Germany, Munich
Many of you probably already know it, but the Oktoberfest is actually celebrated more in September than in October. It starts on the penultimate weekend of September and ends on the first of October – this year, therefore, from 22 September to 7 October. This layover...
Oct 2, 2018 | Azores, Europe, Portugal
When you are Portuguese you should visit Azores at least once in your life – when you are not Portuguese you should either. The problem is that then you fall in love with this wonderful archipelago and have to return! The advantage is that we have 9 islands to explore...
Sep 26, 2018 | Europe, Lisbon, Portugal
Between 16 and 22 September the European Mobility Week was celebrated and to remember it Carris Museum did an initiative called “Tram Parade – Ride with History”, where we could go aboard one of the old trams that they keep in the museum like the 444, king D. Carlos’...
