Last day teaching and camino meetup
2019年11月18日, ポルトガル ⋅ 14 °C
We only had time for a short walk before my class today. First to my favorite sock store, Pedemeia (Portugal makes wonderful, high quality socks —who knew?), located right next to the Loja deもっと詳しく
Like coming home!
2021年11月6日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Our flight over was uneventful. That’s a good thing. I had been unable to get our seats online or even at the Champaign airport, so when we checked in at flight time they put us way at the back ofもっと詳しく
My 7 mile old town walk
2021年11月7日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
When we lived here for a year in the early 2000s,, we had a lot of visitors. I made up a “walking tour” through my favorite parts of the old city. Every year since then I’ve done it at leastもっと詳しく
Loving Lisboa
2021年11月7日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Thinking about the fact that this is our 17th visit to Lisboa, I realize that some would think it’s silly to keep coming back over and over, especially when there is so much of the world that Iもっと詳しく
Day 2 of Teaching
2021年11月9日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Well, I have to admit that teaching for three hours in a row tires me out a lot more than it used to! And dare I say that teaching with a mask on (and trying to understand non-native English speakersもっと詳しく
Tourist on a Tuesday morning
2021年11月10日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Since I teach from 2-5, the day is pretty well cut in the middle. But this morning I managed to get to the gym, eat breakfast, and get us to the castle by 10. We’ve been there many times, but theもっと詳しく
Weekend begins!
2021年11月12日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
About three years ago, when we checked out of a hotel in the Algarve, the receptionist suggested we drive back to Lisbon along the western (Alentenjo) coast. We stopped in several random beach towns,もっと詳しく
Arrifana and its Ribat
2021年11月13日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
I knew we wanted to head south today, and when I put “Arrifana” in my Google offline maps (which work GREAT btw), up popped “Ribat de Arrifana.” With a castle icon next to it. So off weもっと詳しく
Aljezur
2021年11月13日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
A lovely little town on what used to be a river that went straight into the ocean at Praia Amoeira. But the 1755 earthquake pushed the river underground and the town was essentially cut off from theもっと詳しく
Romans and the moorslayer
2021年11月14日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Weekend trips go fast! Today we decided to head to Miróbriga, site of a Roman town. It isn’t as spectacular as Conímbriga further up north, but we enjoyed walking all around, climbing up and downもっと詳しく
Back in Lisbon
2021年11月15日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Back into the routine, and today I was happy to meet up with one of my closest law prof friends in Lisbon. He was in charge of the international program way back in 2004 when I first came to teach,もっと詳しく
Morning in the museum
2021年11月17日, ポルトガル ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Teaching from 2-5 makes it hard to do much on teaching days. But this morning we headed to Lisbon’s municipal museum for a short visit. It’s in what used to be a beautiful palace, owned by aもっと詳しく
Last day teaching and Camino meetup
2021年11月18日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We didn’t have much time for a long walk this morning, so we went down to my favorite sock store, Pedemeia. (Portugal makes wonderful high quality socks – who knew?). It’s located next to whatもっと詳しく
Full-time Tourists
2021年11月19日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
First thing on today’s agenda was to get the covid test for re-entry to the US. I’ve had more than my share of covid tests, but usually using saliva. We had those awful nose swabs when we wereもっと詳しく
Christmas Lights
2021年11月19日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
How wonderful to see the lights! With two bits of local flavor— streetcars and chestnut sellers.
60 degrees, a full moon, and lots of smiling people. Then dinner in a tried and true popular holeもっと詳しく
Leaving Lisboa
2021年11月20日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
We had a few hours after breakfast before we had to get to the airport, so we went to the Gulbenkian. Not my favorite museum in Lisbon, but Joe really likes it, so I was a good sport. This is theもっと詳しく



































































































