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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how much I love Instagram. I had stopped using my phone for photos prior to Instagram; I just didn’t see the point when I usually had a better camera with me to record the moment. Now I have thousands of photos stored on my little memory card, many…
The first day of our post-TBU-conference trip certainly lived up to its name. The ‘Grapes and Sailors’ trip took us sailing up the Douro River, whose green waters wind between terraced hills covered in port wine vineyards. The town where we boarded our boat, Pinhão, is considered by many to be the heart of the…
Being an Android user, I was a bit late to the whole Instagram party. My friends had been constantly taunting me with their filtered, retro-style shots for at least a year by the time the app was finally released on Android in April of this year. I was one of the over one million users…
The second day of our “Grapes and Sailors” post-TBU-conference tour was a marathon. Between dawn and dusk, we visited four historic towns in the province of Minho, which made for an exhausting but memorable day. For me, the most unforgettable leg of the tour was the first church we visited in the town of Braga.…
You know when every guide written about Porto talks about a bookstore that it has to be something special, and Livraria Lello certainly is. I love books and can browse through bookstores and libraries for hours, but on walking into Lello, they certainly weren’t what caught my eye. Instead, I stared at the intricate woodwork…
Six Months of Instagram: Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how much I love Instagram. I had stopped using my phone for photos prior to Instagram; I just didn’t see the point when I usually had a better camera with me to record the moment. Now I have thousands of photos stored on my little memory card, many…
Photo of the Week: Tile Murals at Pinhão Train Station
The first day of our post-TBU-conference trip certainly lived up to its name. The ‘Grapes and Sailors’ trip took us sailing up the Douro River, whose green waters wind between terraced hills covered in port wine vineyards. The town where we boarded our boat, Pinhão, is considered by many to be the heart of the…
Six Months of Instagram, Part 1
Being an Android user, I was a bit late to the whole Instagram party. My friends had been constantly taunting me with their filtered, retro-style shots for at least a year by the time the app was finally released on Android in April of this year. I was one of the over one million users…
Photo Essay: The Sanctuary of Bom Jesús do Monte
The second day of our “Grapes and Sailors” post-TBU-conference tour was a marathon. Between dawn and dusk, we visited four historic towns in the province of Minho, which made for an exhausting but memorable day. For me, the most unforgettable leg of the tour was the first church we visited in the town of Braga.…
Photo of the Week: The Gorgeous Livraria Lello
You know when every guide written about Porto talks about a bookstore that it has to be something special, and Livraria Lello certainly is. I love books and can browse through bookstores and libraries for hours, but on walking into Lello, they certainly weren’t what caught my eye. Instead, I stared at the intricate woodwork…
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