a tall personality

I somehow managed to write a blog about getting to Europe, but nothing about actually being in Europe, which honestly might not be as eventful as the doozy of a trip through the Boston Airport.  Nevertheless I shall attempt to record/explain what we did! We landed is Lisbon, the air had just a touch of balminess, the city was cute and colorful, and there was delicious, cheap food everywhere!  We visited the castle in the city (pictured above), walked around the different neighborhoods, saw where famous Portuguese explorers sailed from, and took silly pictures in a fantastic M.C. Escher Museum.  While teaching about Escher, his life, his perspectives, etc. the museum endeavored to teach the visitor about the principles of art that Escher used to create his mind-boggling images.  Overall we thought the museums in Portugal had remarkable history but lacked story-telling.  This one was an exception! Unfortunately during out time in Lisbon we were SUPER ...

In a fit of optimism William and I booked ourselves a 55 minute layover in Boston to catch an international flight to Portugal.  TAP (a discount Portuguese airline) had a killer deal on tickets to Madrid with a stopover in Lisbon at the same time Alaska Airlines had its PFD sale, and the short layover was the only way to take advantage of both, so we took the bait and wagered our whole vacation on that little moment in time.  I’m sure you can see where this is going. Everything was going perfectly, the Alaska Airlines flight was only delayed a few minutes, it was landing in the same terminal as the Portugal flight was leaving from, and the wonderful flight attendants let us get off before everyone else.  We were balls of nervous energy, and went sprinting through the Boston airport, following signs for gate C17. But the signs just kept going, and going, and going through hallways, up and down stairs, and eventually OUT of a security check point!  How could gat...