When you visit a city as cool as Copenhagen, it’s only natural that you fantasize about living there. And when you rent an apartment for a few days in a cool residential area like we did, you can come as close to that fantasy as possible without making a big life change. We really enjoyed […]

The downsides to traveling with a toddler are numerous (beginning with waking up too early in the morning and ending with not being able to explore the nightlife) but there are plenty of upsides too. If we didn’t have a toddler in tow, we would have totally missed out on what turned out to be […]

A funny thing happened on my way to Fotografiska in Stockholm. The funny thing is that I never made it to the famous photography museum, but I was OK with that — unusual for a Type A traveler such as myself. Not that I always make it to every attraction I want to see (far from […]

The first photo of the Travelogged logo — the photo that the T sits on — is one of the decorative touches on the rooftop of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batllo. So it’s no secret that I’m a big Gaudi fan and a big Barcelona fan. Actually, make that a huge fan of Spain in general, […]

Today, April 6, is National Tartan Day, which is an American holiday that began in 2005 to celebrate Scottish Americans. To me, however, it sounds like we’re celebrating tartans, beautiful woven patterns which are certainly are worthy of celebration. And that made me think of the kilts I saw in August 2010 in Edinburgh. Most […]

Lisbon and Seville. Seville and Lisbon. Perhaps they aren’t the two most natural city combos, like London and Paris or Vienna and Prague. But when I was planning my trip in October, they seemed like the perfect pair, and I was right. Lisbon and Seville were just a four-and-a-half-hour drive apart, which sounded great since […]

— Plaza de Espana (pictured above, and in the slideshow) turned out to be my favorite sight in Seville. It was the Alcazar that earned Seville the second spot on my Lisbon-Seville-Sintra itinerary (sorry Porto — next time). I had always heard about how amazing the Alcazar was, and don’t worry, it didn’t disappoint. But I […]

The hills of Lisbon can be tough on the eager sightseer. But not only does the terrain offer ample opportunity to burn off pasteis de nata and Santini’s gelato, it also offers incredible vantage points to take in panoramic views of the city. The Portuguese are very proud of these scenic outlooks and call them miradouros. […]

Standing on the Praça do Comércio in Lisbon and gazing at the bridge, I had a total deja vu moment. What was the Golden Gate Bridge doing in Lisbon? Or did the six-hour flight I boarded last night actually take me to San Francisco instead? Bear in mind I was very jet-lagged at the time… […]

The moment I saw the sign “I gelati piu fini del mondo” outside Santini in the Chiado district, I knew exactly what it meant: The world’s finest ice cream. This despite the fact that I don’t speak Italian or Portuguese, the latter being relevant because this Italian sign was in Lisbon. While it would be […]