Hump day getaway: Lisbon
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
June 13 was the Feast of St. Anthony in Lisbon (who knew that the guy most commonly associated with Padua was actually Portuguese?). It’s a holiday of rituals both solemn and not and involves eating lots of sardines. The parties and sardine consumption continues throughout the month. Last night the skies over the Tagus River were lit up with fireworks.
Kerri Westenberg has globe-trotted for National Geographic and other magazines. Now she zips around the region, on the lookout for travel news you can use.
Elizabeth Larsen lived in Salzburg, Austria, and has traveled throughout Europe and the Americas. She can say "diaper," "bottle" and "crib" in four languages.
Troy Melhus has heli-skied on glaciers, dived alongside Monk seals and raced for 24 hours on a mountain bike. All this, and he rarely spends more than $500 on a trip.