Isn’t this a beauty – and it might look a bit familiar….. This is Palácio de Mateus in northern Portugal. In the 1940’s, a local company – developing a new wine – approached the owners of the Mateus estate for rights to the name and image. The story goes that they offered a lump sum […]
Read MoreRoss Castle, on the shores of Lough Leane, County Kerry was built by the Irish chieftain O’Donoghue Mór in the fifteenth century. O’Donoghue still keeps watch over his fine castle from the bottom of the lake. Every seven years, on the first morning in May, he rises from the waters on his magnificent white horse. […]
Read MoreA few doors from Cape May from the beginning of the month (although I really love the porches (or verandas if that’s what they’re called thereabouts)….
Read MoreA familiar sight throughout northern Portugal and Galician Spain, the hórreo is just one of the many names for this little granary. Usually built with stone or wood, there are slits in the walls to allow for ventilation. It is always raised from the ground to keep rodents at bay. Shape and size can also […]
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