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Sevilla - Flamenco and Seta (mushrooms!)

Wednesday, May 29th - June 1st, 2024 Early Wednesday, we drove our rental to the Lisbon airport and returned the car. From there, we got the worst taxi ride with the most rude cab driver I had EVER had! I didn't understand what he was…

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Oceanarium and TukTuk in Lisbon

Monday, May 27th, 2024 Today was a tour around Lisbon day! There are so many things to do, so we decided on one main attraction and then a tuk tuk tour around the historical parts of Lisbon. Our marine loving kids picked the Oceanarium to…

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Arrabida National Park coastline to Sesimbra

Sunday, May 26th, 2024 The Murta's wanted to show us their favorite spots around their home in Portugal. Since they live in Palmela, they are close to Setubal, a harbor city as well as the Arrabida National Park. We started at their favorite local breakfast…

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Nazare - Home of the Big Surf

Friday, May 24, 2024 Off the coast of western Portugal is a town called Nazare that is the home of 100 foot waves! In a very simplified explanation, the difference of depth between the Continental shelf and the Nazare Canyon deep in the ocean, help…

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Maui Friends in Portugal!

Wednesday May 22nd - May 29th, 2024 I always love seeing friends on the road. We purposely planned a week in Portugal to visit some friends that live outside of Lisbon in a town called Palmela. It's a sweet little town by the larger port…

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Menara Garden and Menara Mall

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 On the last day in Morocco, the kids wanted the "day off," so Scot and I just walked around the city a bit - went to Menara Garden and Menara Mall. The gardens are what you would expect a garden to…

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Bonjour and Assalam Alaykum!

Friday, May 17th - Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 After our flying delay adventures, we took a whole day of rest in Marrakech before we felt like we had the energy to do anything. It worked out fine, because we needed to catch up on some…

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Curses, London Fog!

Thursday, May 16th, 2024 Everything was perfect. We woke the kids up at 5:30am so we can make our Glasgow flight to Marrakech, Morocco via London and Madrid (we got the 3 leg cheap tickets!). The kids were great, out of the hotel by 6am…

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The Highlander

Monday, May 13th - Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 On Monday, May 13th, we rented a car from the Edinburgh Airport and drove to the beautiful Highlands of Scotland. The whole drive we kept hearing Scot quoting from the "Highlander" movie. It was entertaining at first…

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Train to Edinburgh, Scotland

Sunday, May 12th - Monday, May 13th, 2024 On the road again. . . we woke up early to take the LNER train to Edinburgh. We made our way to Kingscross station in London and waited for our track assignment. We were biting our nails…

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