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Posted by Mary & Shannon on March 21, 2013

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2 day meeting at HHMI - spied a blossom or two! But it's frrrrreeezing here.

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Ahhhh, Portugal Day 1: We arrived in Lisbon, checked into our palatial AirBnB, and then conveniently walked down the hill to Mercado da Ribeira Market for all the foods. We hit up Sea Me for cod cakes and skrimps. Jan procured beef three ways from Chef Henrique Sa Pessoa, and finally we tried our first pastéis de nata at Manteigaria. We were not disappointed. After securing reinforcements at the nearby Super Meow, we rested for a big and then took a nighttime stroll along the waterfront to Praca do Comercio, complete with walking-around drinks (Oh, Lisbon!), before settling in for the evening and resting up for our adventures. Day 2. We checked out Sao Jorge Castle – the first of MANY castles. It was a great way to start the trip, giving us an awesome view of the city from the terraces surrounding the castle. We climbed all over that castle, Jan ate a pigeon, you know, the usual. Fun times. The structure itself dates back to the 1st century BC. Th

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Diamond Point, New River Gorge, WV Mary had a board meeting at Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, West Virginia. Since we'd never been, and it's gorgeous this time of year, we made a weekend of it and stayed a day after the meeting to explore the area. On Saturday morning we went whitewater rafting with Mary's work group, and had an absolute blast. No pictures of that, but we certainly won't forget our adventure on the New River any time soon! On Sunday, with board dinners and meetings behind us, we spent the day hiking New River Gorge on the 'Endless Wall' trail (which as Ray Ray, our rafting guide on Saturday pointed out, isn't endless at all). The trail runs along the canyon rim for eight miles, but we just did a short 3 mile trek out to diamond point to take in the view before checking out the New River Bridge up close and personal. We got rained on, but not too bad. It was really beautiful, and we enjoyed some much-needed 'unplugged' tim

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