June 6, 2024, we were stumbling from drinking at one festival to another in Lisbon, and while I was shopping Fitz sitting on a stair outside waiting.  The 2 great guys stopped to see if he was OK. So we talked while we walked to the next festival. They were John from Connecticut and MickeyRead More »June 6, 2024 Lisbon

We met Carlos an Sylvia several years ago in Seixal, Portugal when we were their first renters in their newly renovated Airbnb.  That's a different story for a different post. But since then we have become friends, and we arrange to visit with them at least once a year.  Both Carlos and Sylvia are teachersRead More »June 2, 2024 Azenhas do Mar, Portugal

April 23,2024. We ran into Ronan and Guillaume on the rooftop terrace of our Riad in Tangier, Morocco. We enjoyed some wine and snacks, and spoke about their visit to Tangier.

May 29,2024. We ate our lunch, outside, at A de Marta street cafe. We met Kim and Steve who were from Palm Bay, Florida  (figure?), They had taken the train from Faro to check out Tavira, but were heading to Lisbon the next day.  We will be heading there soon.

May 27,2024: Had a wonderful lunch at this cute place, outside restaurant, Tasquinha da Paula. The owners, Luis and Paula,  were so nice. They came out and talked to us, we gave them our bracelets. So they had a neighbor take a group pix all of us. I had the roasted pork with rice andRead More »May 27, 2024 Tasquinha da Paula

Rob and Tina April 13,2024. We met Rob and Tina at Gatos Bar in Malaga.  They were a nice friendly British couple. We had drinks, and talked about where they lived near London.

Lenny, Bob and Dave April 19,2024. We met Lenny, Bob and Dave at a beach bar in Marbella (literally in the sand).  They were a speaking with an American accent, so we struck up a conversation.  They had rented a car and were on a roadtrip through southern Spain then through the Algarve and onRead More »April 19,2024 Marbella Beach Bar

Andrew and Mary Hanna April 29,2024. We went to the Clock Restaurant in Chefchauen, Morocco, Africa, and during our meal we met a cute couple who currently were on an extended roadtrip from the tip of Africa back to Scotland, England.  They were campers and basically were staying in campgrounds or parks or wherever theyRead More »April 29,2024 Clock Restaurant

Helen and Acacia Helen and Acacia April 30,2024. We were on our way from Tangier, Morocco to Cadiz Spain and had to take a ferry from Port Med to Tarifa, Spain.  While waiting for the ferry we ran into 2 travelers from New Zealand. Helen and Acacia were mother and daughter, we had a niceRead More »April 30, 2024 Ferry From Morocco to Spain

Angela and Tony Angela and Tony May 5,2024. We did the Hop-on Hop-off train in Tavira, Portugal, and met a couple, Angela and Tony, from Doublin, Ireland. They were a very nice couple and we talked so much we completely missed the tour narration! We all "hopped-off" and found an Irish pub to have aRead More »May 5, 2024 Hop On/Off Train