Where have you wanted to travel to outside of your current country?
Portugal was a popular destination this year, at least in my social media feeds. It is somewhere many folks in Hawaii have on their list to go to for their ancestry, food, and general starting point to visit Europe.
In recent years, I've wanted to see more of the world. Frankly, I still want to experience all of Hawaii and I was born here!
Lisbon - Lisboa in Portugal - was possible due to timing, saving vacation days from work, and this being my one international trip for the year. Plans for another jump is likely 2026 and I am keeping my options open :)
(Above: Lanai's Travel Club in Belém. Our walking guide for the morning took us through an almost five-block area just outside of Lisboa. Here - center with back facing the camera - he talks about the walkway with a map of the world fronting the Monument to the Discoveries along the Tagus River. The waterway empties into the Atlantic Ocean. In the distance, the 25th April Bridge)
The gallery below is from our third day in Lisboa. It was a bit drizzly and overcast in the morning and by the early afternoon, the sun was bright in the blue sky. What a shift in cityscape and mood when the sun is out! Also, the days were warm and the evenings cool and breezy.
It has been a couple of months since I've returned to Honolulu, enough time to look back and say, "Yes, I'd be lucky to return to that lovely country!"...kind of miss it all right now...
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