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Travel

Review: Memmo Alfama Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal

The view. The view, the view, the view. Oh and the croissant loaf. Location  Alfama is regarded as a desirable part of Lisbon, where all the wealthy used to hang. They abandoned the area to fisherman in the Middle Ages (they were scared of earthquakes), but  sadly Alfama was one of the only parts of…
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Travel

Review: LX Boutique Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal

LX Boutique stands for “Lisbon Experience” and this babe of a boutique hotel gave me just that. Location If you’re looking to enjoy the nightlife of Lisbon (and why wouldn’t you, because it’s MEGA) then this is the hotel to stay at. Located at the bottom of a very steep hill in Cais de Sodre,…
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Burgers

Review: Parrilla Natural (Burger), Algarve, Portugal

This seemingly unimportant burger became much more significant when Springsteen joined the stage with The Rolling Stones in Lisbon recently. I get through a lot of burgers. I’m too embarrassed to tell you how many. Let’s just say about 50% of the burgers I eat make it on to here. I need to choose the…
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