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Oporto, Portugal: Portugal’s Hidden Secret

  The soft sounds of guitar spill out onto hilly medieval streets that wind down to the banks of the Duoro River. Hand-painted rabelo boats dot the deep blue of…

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Oporto, Portugal: Portugal’s Hidden Secret
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  • Post published:December 16, 2015
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Top 5 Things to Do in Faro, Portugal

Following my recent post about the Indian Ocean, I've been spending an even greater amount of time than usual daydreaming about locations on my travel bucket list. Today my daydreams are…

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Top 5 Things to Do in Faro, Portugal
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  • Post published:October 26, 2015
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Walking the Cliffs of Lagos, Portugal

  A red-dirt path stretches into the distance, terminating, along with the cliff it covers, under the cloudless blue sky. The path’s fall is interrupted by rows of shrubs, lining…

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Walking the Cliffs of Lagos, Portugal
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  • Post published:March 3, 2015
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Sintra: Land of Looming Trees and Royal Palaces

  A sea of trees chases a gaggle of hills before culminating at the base of a majestic castle, yellow, red and white towers breaking up the unending blue of…

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Sintra: Land of Looming Trees and Royal Palaces
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  • Post published:August 25, 2014
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Dine with Mamma at Home Lisbon Hostel

The dining room of Home Hostel Lisbon is packed with backpackers, each seat at the long, wooden tables occupied by a hungry body, eagerly anticipating “Mamma’s Dinner.” Six nights a…

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Dine with Mamma at Home Lisbon Hostel
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  • Post published:August 22, 2014
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Top 10 Things to Do in Lisbon, Portugal

Quiet, meandering streets wind up the hillside past bakeries where sweet smells and the soft sounds of guitar spill out the windows. The gentle slopes converge at the foot of…

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Top 10 Things to Do in Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Post published:August 20, 2014
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Cliff adventuring in Western Portugal

Van doors slam and six bodies dart over sand dunes and bushes, racing wildly to catch the last rays of the sinking sun before they disappear beneath rolling ocean waves.…

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Cliff adventuring in Western Portugal
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  • Post published:August 18, 2014
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Hostel in Lagos, Portugal Bura Surfhouse

  Bura Surfhouse in Lagos, Portugal is a great hostel. And it seems I’m not the only one who thinks so. The family-run hostel has a 95 percent thumbs up…

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Hostel in Lagos, Portugal Bura Surfhouse
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  • Post published:August 14, 2014
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Surfing in Portugal, or the most interesting conversation I’ve ever had

Growing up in California I spent many a beach day laying in the sand and dreaming some suave surfer dude with an extra board would approach me and offer to…

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  • Post published:December 11, 2013
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Oporto: Portugal’s Hidden Treasure

Leaving my 24th year behind and turning 25 was a big deal for me, for reasons I previously wrote about. To ring in turning a quarter of a century in…

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Oporto: Portugal’s Hidden Treasure
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  • Post published:December 9, 2013
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Smells like snow. . . . . . #snow #maryland #night Smells like snow.
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It has been a long and painful four years. When It has been a long and painful four years. 

When I left Florida at 24 to move overseas I didn’t know that the journey of living and working abroad would turn me into an ambassador. But you learn very quickly as you move through the world that your very presence makes you a representative of the land you come from. 

While there’s been much in my country’s history that I’ve disagreed with, I wasn’t prepared for how painful it would be to look people who once admired my country in the eye and reassure them that the values we hold dear still remain. 

It was painful to be in Mexico and be asked to tell my friends and family back home that Mexicans are in fact nice people. 

It’s been painful to be in Europe, a continent that has long lauded my grandfather’s generation for the role they played in ending a world war, and hear our leader compared to their worst dictators. 

It’s been painful to be in Australia, listening to women debate the merits of taking 9 or 12 months off for maternity leave, knowing how many women back home have no options for paid leave at all.

It’s been painful to be in Papua New Guinea and be asked how my country could go from having a black president to having a president who says disparaging words about all those who don’t look like him. 

There have been so many moments of pain these past four years on the road, but today a new era arrives. @joebiden represents the best of our country - compassion, empathy, team work and strategy. 

And today, instead of shedding tears over a man’s derogatory comments about my body parts, I got to sit on the couch with my mom and shed tears over my fellow Californian @kamalaharris becoming our first female Vice President. 

America, Ambassador Salisbury is at your service! 
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One year ago today I drove a @ferrari down the #PC One year ago today I drove a @ferrari down the #PCH to Malibu... for work.... 
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“Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re wi “Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re willing to stand alone is a wilderness — an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching.” - Brené Brown 
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2021 am I on the right path? . . . . #hike #hiker 2021 am I on the right path?
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Embracing winter. . . . . #getoutside #hike #hiker Embracing winter.
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New moon. Winter moon. 🌙 New moon. Winter moon. 🌙
Walking in a winter wonderland. 🌊⛄️🧜🏻 Walking in a winter wonderland. 🌊⛄️🧜🏻‍♀️
Moody skies. Let’s fly away. Moody skies. Let’s fly away.
NorCal rocks. NorCal rocks.
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