The hardest part of planning our fall trip was deciding where to go. We have wanted to cover the areas of Portugal that we had missed before, so we agreed that this is the right time for us to visit the Azores, Madeira and the Algarve. That decision made, the rest was easy.

With the itinerary, flights and hotels in place, we can now concentrate on the most important part - where should we eat, what should we see (in that order, of course, you know us!)? We'd be grateful if you'd share your recommendations.

Another first for us is that we'll be airborne for both of our birthdays! We're leaving Toronto on my birthday and arriving in the Azores on Don's. To celebrate, we treated ourselves to Club seats (larger, very comfortable) on our Air Transat flights. Twenty-six days until we leave, but who's counting....

Cheers! Linda Toronto