Every trip we've shared since 2011—filter by where we went, when we traveled, or what we explored.
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PortugalOur last day in Lisbon, spent in a three-wheeled Tuk-Tuk with Salvador, a guide pulled straight from central casting. The Alfama's long history, the Cherry Liquor Queen and her homemade ginjinha, the old Jewish Quarter and its hard story, the highest viewpoint in the city with its love-locks, and a farewell at a tiny local restaurant before the ship home.
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PortugalA day trip out of Lisbon with a tour guide and a vanful of strangers: the fairy-tale Pena Palace and the old Moorish Castle above Sintra, the guide's harrowing account of the 1755 earthquake, the windswept cliffs of Cabo da Roca at the western edge of Europe, the best fish dinner of our lives in Cascais, and the lights of Lisbon at Christmas.
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PortugalOff on another adventure, this time with Kieran, John's daughter, who booked the whole thing on a week's notice. Three days in Lisbon before a sixteen-day crossing to Puerto Rico. The Alfama, the walk down to Praça do Comércio, the Time Out Market, and Pink Street.
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CanadaJanice's reason for the whole trip, the Canadian Women's Senior Amateur at The Club at North Halton, just outside Toronto. A practice round with old friends, a bagpiper opening ceremony and 90-year-old Hall of Famer Marlene Streit, two hard rounds with a pair of tens, and the long drive home.
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CanadaOn Jag's recommendation we drove forty-five minutes north into the Hockley Valley to the winery that made the Sauvignon Blanc we'd enjoyed the night before. Mario Adamo's boutique Adamo Estate Winery, the trick of wintering the vines, and a tasting with Norma, whom we took to calling Norma Jean.
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CanadaThe drive from Derry, New Hampshire to Georgetown, Ontario, the town just west of Toronto where Janice would play the Canadian Senior. A little of the town's history, and an evening at Uncorked on Main with its owners Jag and Sarina, a Canadian Sauvignon Blanc, and live jazz.
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United StatesBack on the road for the first time since the Middle East, a trip to see family and play golf, with Janice bound for the Canadian Women's Senior just outside Toronto. The drive up from Pinehurst, Cape Cod and 96-year-old Uncle Bill, and a round with brother Brian at Atkinson before heading for the border.
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