Sacred Drop Travel Category
Foodie Paradise from Rioja to Portland
Posted on May 22, 2014
When most people think of Europe, they imagine the patisseries and the beautiful coffee shops with Parisian-looking people in stylish clothes sitting outdoors at café tables on narrow cobblestone streets, with beautiful churches in the background. My idea of Europe may have initially started that way, with the romantic Parisian stereotype, but soon enough I […]
7 Reasons I’m Crushing on Portland
Posted on May 5, 2014
Originally posted on Eat.Drink.Write.Be Merry.:
A few weeks ago, I was on Spring Break (one of the many perks about working in academia). I traveled up to the great state of Oregon, and developed a serious crush. Portland and I…it’s getting pretty serious you could say. And, as much as I love Los…
Porto, the Gateway to the Douro Wine Region
Porto, formerly known as “Portus Cale” by the Romans, latin for Port of Cale, is now known as Oporto (The Port) by the locals following the Reconquest in AD 1000. This city is full of Old-World charm with its red-tiled roofs, soaring bell towers, extravagant baroque churches, and stately buildings tumbling down the hillside to […]
