Category: International

Portugal – 2003

This is a blast from the past, which we’re posting since we can’t travel at the moment. I reprocessed the pictures we took from this trip with modern tools (primarily the latest version of Lightroom, with a little Photoshop or plug-in help as needed).

Portugal-CRW_0522In late October 2003, we took advantage of a few days that Oma had off, cashed in some frequent flyer miles, and headed off to Portugal for a long weekend. (This was actually the second time we did a long international weekend – the year before, we got cheap tickets to London and did some sightseeing and saw a couple of shows. But I haven’t tackled digitizing our film yet, so that trip will wait.)

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The Yucatan – minus Annie and the Beast

After the end of our first long trip in August, I was enticed back into the working world for a couple of months by my former employer. It was great to see everyone and do a little catching up. The short work assignment ended just before Thanksgiving.

Our route through the Yucatan. Note that while we flew in/out of Cancun, we did not stay there.
Our route through the Yucatan. Note that while we flew in/out of Cancun, we did not stay there.

With our next road trip not starting until the end of January, we looked at options to get someplace warmer for a week or two. Never having been to Mexico before and with early December having off-season prices, we decided to explore a bit of the Yucatan. Flights into Cancun were cheap (about $300), so the plan was to rent a car and check out a couple of cities, some more Maya ruins (we’d been to Tikal in Guatemala and a couple of sites in Belize) and finish up with some beach time before heading back for the Christmas holiday.

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