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…
4–6 minutesExperience 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…
4–5 minutesSerra 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…
2–3 minutesMountain 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,…
2–3 minutesA 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…
4–7 minutesPortuguese 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…
2–3 minutesAnykščiai, 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…
4–7 minutesGlider aerobatics experience – Pociūnai, Lithuania
We have been talking about glider’s for quite some time and we had already tried to take the first…
2–3 minutesTour 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…
1–2 minutesKaunas 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.…
1–2 minutesBirštonas, 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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