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Europe » Portugal » Alentejo » Évora November 15th 2006

A Rainy Day Won’t Stop Our Fun A Night of Fabulous Food Last night we finally got a moment of down time to focus on our finances. After posting yesterday’s blog we went back to our hotel and Kel worked some Excel finance magic. She created a spreadsheet that allows us to tally our daily costs broken down by food, living, transportation, etc. The spreadsheet gives us a daily total, a monthly average and a yearly average. This yearly average, in true Capital One style, gives us a Green/Yellow/Red status on what we expect our average daily expenses to be. Thus, after calculating our expenses thus far, we were able to figure out that we had a decent balance left for the day, which lead us to splurge a little for dinner. Our guidebook suggested ... read more
Cathedral from Cloisters
Igresia Church and Roman Temple
Kel in the Rain

Europe » Portugal » Alentejo » Évora November 14th 2006

Yesterday Lisbon, Today Evora As I told you in yesterday’s blog, today was our first adventure using mass transit within Europe. Last night we had a decent dinner at a restaurant in Barrio Alto where we finally got a chance to try Vinho Verde, which is a carbonated wine. We tried a red variety and found it to be quite tasty (just like you said Leigh C.) but it also packs a decent punch. After the bottle was done I felt a little light headed and Kel was half way drunk. After dinner we got some pastries (Pastel de Nata: see previous blog entry) and then went and got ice cream at Haagen Dazs (SP?). Kel and I each had a single scoop in a cone and sat in a plaza and enjoyed our surroundings. ... read more
Local Cathedral
Cafe
Alley outside our Hotel




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