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October 2, 2023 We left the beautiful Villa Vita Parc after breakfasts for the Village of Evora which is a two and a half hour drive. We met our local guide at a Roman ruin, with a long history, serving as a Roman religious site, being converted to a slaughter house, then restored to a
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October 3, 2023 We met Jorge (George) our guide for the two days in Lisbon for our half day highlight tour of the city. George turns out to be an outstanding guide, having his masters in history and full of both information and enthusiasm. We start with a panoramic view of the city and learn
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October 4, 2023 We met our guide Jorge at our hotel to start our full day tour of the greater Lisbon area. Our first stop is at Portugal’s Versailles the Palace of Queluz which is located in Sintra. The 18th century palace was inspired by Frances Versailles, and built by Queen Maria I (known at
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October 5, 2023 It’s time to continue our journey north to Porto, with a stop to tour some of the sites in Coimbra, including the one of the oldest universities in the world and the oldest in Portugal Coimbra University. We leave Lisbon around 8:30 and arrive in Coimbra two hours later on a somewhat
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October 6, 2023 After a great breakfast at the Yeatman, we met our guide Joana and head to the other side of the river to central Porto. Our first stop is the Cathedral of Porto, which was constructed in the second half of the 12th Century and is located in the center of the city.
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October 7, 2023 The Douro river flows from the northern mountains of Spain into northern Portugal, through the wine country, west to the Atlantic Ocean. There are a number of dams, two of which we transit by means of locks on our way from Porto near the mouth of the river up to Regua in
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October 8, 2023 Quinta Do Crasto On Sunday our first day in the Douro Valley we visited a large, old winery ranked as one of the top 20 wineries in the world. Quinta Do Crasto is located on the right bank of the river between the village of Regua and Pinhao about a harrowing 1
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October 9, 2023 Quinta Casa Amarela Our last day included a visit to a vineyard that was established in 1885, which is located only thirty minutes from our Hotel. We were hosted by Gil Regueiro who is the seventh generation scion who manages the Winery, a small hotel and conducts private tours. The vineyard spreads
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As is our family custom we all gathered for the Fourth of July at the Chechessee Creek cottage. Jen, Mike, and Alexandra arrived first, so Alex could work as a counselor for Camp Spring Island. This is the first year that one of the grandchildren has not attended, they are now young Adults. Chechessee Creek
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The Prado Family celebrates Brenn’s big day at the graduation from High School at Calvary Day Savannah. After lunch at Brenn’s favorite “Tuby’s Tankhouse” The family including the proud Grand Ma and Grand Pa gathered for the ceremony. Brenn is off to Pfeiffer University in North Carolina in the fall. Brenn received a Lacrosse scholarship
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