Sometimes when visiting a new place, something catches my eye and suddenly I see that same thing everywhere. That’s what happened when I first noticed tiles in Portugal…
Of all the wonderful things I discovered on my trip to Portugal this was the biggest surprise. I did not expect to find the world’s largest collection of…
Talk about tiles! Tiles, called azulejos in Portuguese, are everywhere in Portugal! On the facades of churches… … on the facades of shops… …on the facades of businesses……
Filigree is a delicate embellishment in which very fine strands of gold or silver are twisted or curled into a design and then soldered into jewelry or other…
Spotting yellow arrows becomes a critical skill when walking the Camino. I learned this quickly when I recently walked my first Camino de Santiago, or the Way of…