Iberian Adventures #7: The Food

October 29, 2023December 1, 2023 / Andrea / 2 Comments

No series about a major travel adventure would be complete without discussing the food! This post is the last in a series about the incredible vacation that my family and I took in the Iberian Peninsula over the summer. We explored four of the Azores Islands, wandered around a little bit of Portugal, and made … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #7: The Food

Iberian Adventures #4 (The Azores Islands: Terceira)

September 9, 2023January 21, 2024 / Andrea / 3 Comments

Hello! If you've been following my blog, thank you for returning. If you are just now discovering it, welcome. We're halfway through a series of posts showcasing a trip I took to Europe earlier this summer with my family. I apologize for the delay between each post; school has started back up again which means … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #4 (The Azores Islands: Terceira)

Iberian Adventures #3 (The Azores Islands: Pico)

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023 / Andrea / 2 Comments

Hello, readers! For today's blog post, which is part of a series, we'll be exploring the Azorean island of Pico. This is the "youngest" of the islands, having been created only about 300,000 years ago. As you (hopefully) read about last time, my family and I were on the small island of Faial. We had … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #3 (The Azores Islands: Pico)

Iberian Adventures #2 (The Azores Islands: Faial)

July 29, 2023January 21, 2024 / Andrea / 8 Comments

Hello and welcome back! We're continuing our short series on some recent travels my family and I took to the Azores islands and the Iberian Peninsula . The next Azores island we visited on our vacation last month was Faial. Compared to São Miguel (the island which I wrote about last time), the island of … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #2 (The Azores Islands: Faial)

Iberian Adventures #1 (The Azores Islands: São Miguel)

July 21, 2023January 21, 2024 / Andrea / 3 Comments

How is it that this place feels so familiar? That question was one of the first things that popped into my head when our plane landed on São Miguel, one of the nine islands of the Azores. I had never been to the Azores before, and so it was unexplainable how at-home I felt right … Continue reading Iberian Adventures #1 (The Azores Islands: São Miguel)