Guimarães is called the birthplace of Portugal. I visited it to build a more personal connection to the country. I imagine right here, in this gothic canopy, the country was born. I think it cried a l...
Coimbra Coimbra is monumental and classy. City above the river I wonder what the river is called. Oh, maybe Torga? I actually believed this, before looking it up: it’s Mondego. Torga is a writer. Eith...
When people asked me why I came to Porto, I told them that I didn’t want to come specifically to Porto, but my flight was here and I didn’t mind staying. I’ve been here before, last year. This time, I...
renderCountryMap('Bilbao'); On Mount Artxanda, a big red label tells us what we’re looking at. Like most labels in the Basque Country, it’s bilingual, providing the name of the city in Basque and Span...