For the winter holidays, my wife, the kids, and I decided to visit Portugal for the first time and had an amazing trip.

We felt very safe, the weather was very similar to SF, especially in Lisbon (was colder in Porto, and especially Tomar), the food is pretty good, though we got tired of it and started eating ramen, sushi, and pizza too.

I'm now a fan of port wine. We discovered port brands we liked and brought some home. I had no idea white port existed, and the ruby one tastes like pomegranate juice!

We also discovered ginja and found one that wasn't too sweet and tasted closer to sour cherries than others (our best finds are in the attached photo).

People in Portugal are really nice. Could really see us living there, especially in Lisbon. They even have a version of our Golden Gate bridge, built by the same company.

Here are the cities we visited: Lisbon, Sintra, Evora, Porto, Braga, Guimarães, Coimbra, Tomar, Batalha, and Óbidos.