Escape the Couch
Unveiling the world 🌍 through three hearts ❤️️, two cultures 🇵🇹🇱🇹, and countless adventures 🥾🏰🌳😋 – our multicultural family journey
Portugal
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Avoiding Tourist Traps in Portugal: Essential Tips for Savvy Travelers
Portugal is a beautiful country with rich culture, stunning landscapes, and delicious cuisine. However, like many popular tourist destinations, it has its share of tourist traps.…
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You won’t believe what’s hidden underground in Portugal. – Mira de Aire caves
Join us on this outstanding adventure through the Mira de Aire caves, located in the beautiful Aire and Candeeiros Mountains…
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Discover the Beauty of Badoca Safari Park in Portugal: A Perfect Family Getaway
So, I gotta admit, that we have been absent from YouTube and nearly all social media since the pandemic. It’s…
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Experience the Magic of Learning at a Forest School – Less screen time, more green time.
So what is a forest school? A forest school is an educational approach that takes place in a natural outdoor…
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Serra da Estrela, a place of rare beauty in Portugal
Serra da Estrela, a place of rare beauty in Portugal Serra da Estrela was our next stop on the mountaineering…
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Mountain multi-day hikes, our full autonomy experience
For some time we had been researching autonomy multi-day hikes in Portugal but never really did one, lack of experience…
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Science Museum in Lisbon – Pavilhão do Conhecimento
Exploring science museums is always an adventure, and Lisbon’s Pavilhão do Conhecimento is no exception. Located in Parque das Nações,…
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A day in Budha Eden the garden of peace
We had seen so many pictures about this place that we had to pay a visit. So we took a…
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Portuguese tiles – In search of tile history – Convento de São Paulo
The use of tiles in Portugal gained momentum when in 1948 D. Manuel I visited Spain and was impressed by…
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Lithuania
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Kayak family river adventures – Verknė Lithuania
We are active people and we enjoy being around water so kayaking seemed to be the perfect way to spend a birthday. We set out to…
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Kauno marios – Sailing and visiting the regional park
We have been dreaming of a sailboat cruisers life for some time, we follow cruisers channels and we consider taking…
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Anykščiai, Lithuania’s best kept secret
A popular destination for Lithuanians, Anykščiai is relaxed, picturesque and surprisingly fun. From large pine forests, a narrow-gauge railway, amusement…
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Glider aerobatics experience – Pociūnai, Lithuania
We have been talking about glider’s for quite some time and we had already tried to take the first…
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Tour of the Hill of crosses (Kryžių kalnas) Lithuania, UNESCO
This is a place of legends and peaceful revolt it carries a powerful testament of devotion mourning and freedom. Kryžių…
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The largest swamp in Lithuania – Čepkelių raistas
We stayed in Marcinkonis for a couple of days with friends and in the last day, they told us about…
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Stand up paddle in a river – Birštonas SUP
While we were in Birštonas, we checked another item off our bucket list and that’s stand up paddle in a…
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Kaunas Ninth Fort, do not forget history
An important stronghold in Kaunas it is part of the Kaunas fortress, which was constructed in the late 19th century.…
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Birštonas, not only a spa town
We love spending time in Birštonas, and often we get asked what we do in a small spa town that…
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