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Cactus in the Mirror

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Author: Tapia-Gonzales

Writer, blogger, visual artist, a poet in training, wanderer, tourism professional, and mid-century modernism fanatic.
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If you look carefully in the photo of the medieval arched bridge to the top of the hill is a castle. We went to the top to visit the walled city of Marvao and walked along the edge. It was one if the highlights of my trip. The church is now a museum. Most, if not all, of the houses around are white with clay tiled roofs. From up there one can see the Portugal Spain border. #portugal #castles #wonderlust #travelphotos #blessed #marvao #loveportugal
Wrapping up a study tour to Portugal and amazed at all the places we visited. Never imagined I'd see so many medieval castles! The sea, rivers, and Porto wine vineyards, rolling hills and blue skies. Soft and airy is the first thing that comes to mind when reflecting back on this trip. I also think of the thousands of steps I took up and down cobblestone streets and inside palaces and castles. #medievalcastle #castles #portugal #lisbon # travelphotos #wanderlust #blessed
I'm certainly going to miss dinner in Portugal because of the table settings and Mediterranean cuisine. For the coffee in tiny cups and tiny spoons and for seafood fork and knives. For the hospitality! Waiters would get upset when I dared serve myself water! Kept the beautiful glass bottle away from me and made sure THEY would refill it. Noticed their friendly "appalled" looks when I'd serve both the salad and the entree on the same plate and dared use the same utensils for all of my meal. Except dessert. I did use the dessert fork I promise. They never filled the glass to the top. Always half full and after a 10K steps tour day you can imagine how often they had to refill my glass. #loveportugal #dinedining #linentablecloths #portugal #wanderlust #blessed
Esplanade at UNESCO World Heritage site Coimbra University. The university was founded on March 1, 1290! #coimbra #portugal #wanderlust #travelphotos
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Writer, blogger, visual artist, a poet in training, wanderer, tourism professional, and mid-century modernism fanatic.

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