July Tour News
Hi From Rick: A Tasty Tour of Portugal
I'll never forget talking to an old Portuguese fisherman while leaning against his gaily painted yet weathered boat on the beach of Salema (my favorite town on the Algarve). I asked him about fishing here in his youth. He looked out to sea and recalled, "When I was a child…it was either hunger or sardines."
Ever since then — walking down the back streets of any fishing town in Portugal — when I smell sardines (which is every evening), I think of how far this country has come from its "hunger or sardines" days. And I think how feasting on this culture may start with sardines on the grill, but that's just a springboard into a world of vivid, tasty travel fun.
It seems every Portuguese town has its own such edible springboard into its culture. In Porto, the locals love their francesinha — the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich gut-bomb… Read more
