Iberian Journal

(Part 4 of 4) LISBON — It is nearing 5 o’clock on a hot summer Tuesday afternoon in Lisbon. After an all-morning Portuguese cooking class with a wine-sated three-course lunch, we joined Rui, a Tours by Locals® guide who’s been giving us a private walking tour and tutorial on Portugal’s role in the slave trade…

(Part 3 of 4) PORTO, Portugal — Call it serendipity.  By pure luck rather than brilliant planning, my husband Jim, our grandson Benjamin and I arrive in Porto with our traveling companions on the morning of June 23. It’s the eve of the Feast Day of the city’s patron, São João (St. John the Baptist) and Porto’s biggest party…