Follow the adventures of Andrea and Randy Goodell as they retire, leave the Rat Race, move to Tomar, Portugal, and continue to explore the world.
August 12, 2021 After our exploration of Cascais, it was time to head up the coast, north of Lisbon, to spend some time in the Silver Coast of Portugal. This area has become more popular over the past few years as the Algarve area, to the south, has gotten really heavily developed by expats and …
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August 11, 2021 As mentioned in a previous post, we were based out of Sintra, Portugal in an Airbnb. We are in Portugal exploring the possibility of becoming residents, then citizens of this beautiful country. So, we are visiting as many areas of Portugal as we can on this trip. Just west of Sintra, right …
August 9-12, 2021 After a couple of great days wandering around Madrid, Spain, we headed over to the Madrid airport to pick up a rental car. The next leg of our European trip consists of driving to Portugal and researching some possible places to live. We are seriously considering establishing residence in Portugal with the …
August 5 – 9, 2021 We finally got some sleep in our Hotel Regina and started to see the sights of this beautiful city. Our hotel is located right in the heart of the city near the Plaza del Sol. We are able to walk to most of the city sights, which we did over …
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August 4 – 9, 2021 We got vaccinated, we got some reservations, we gots to start traveling again. After a very weird 2020 (just like the rest of the world), we are finally able to get going on our adventures again. Last year we lost out on our trip to Portugal, our cruise up the …
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January 30 – Feb 1, 2021 The Covid – 19 vaccinations finally started rolling out for the State of Florida, for priority workers and people 65 years old and older (I’m in the 65 and older crowd). We found there were 2 ways to get them. First was to go through the local county health …
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December 26, 2020 – Jan 6, 2021 Andrea finally got released from her Covid quarantine, so it it was time to really explore the island. Over the next few days we saw the Arikok National Forest, the Butterfly Farm, Baby Beach, a few malls (yuck), and basically the whole island. As Aruba is only 20 …
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December 26, 2020 – January 6, 2021 After my first dives with the Mermaid Dive Center, I signed up for another dive trip with them. This time we did 2 different dives on two different airplane wrecks. This was really fascinating, as I have never, in my 30 years of scuba diving, ever dove on …
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December 26, 2020 – January 7, 2021 Happy New Year from Aruba everyone! 2021 has to be better than 2020. We had a quiet New Year’s Eve in our Airbnb while the neighborhood got their party on. They started the fireworks about 3 days ago. I guess just to warm up for the grand occasion. …
December 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021 Andrea and I had just spent the last three months doing a temporary hotel assignment in Hays, Kansas. What was supposed to last about a month, lasted over 3 months. To say we were itching to get back on the road was an understatement. During this Covid year …
Andrea and Randy Goodell explore Europe, Asia, United States, the Caribbean, and then move to Portugal!