Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 21 June 2025

Title: Dabblin’ in Dublin

Summary of Episode

Hey everyone! In this week's episode, we welcome our first guest on the show, Julie Evans! Julie is Shelley’s BFF and joined her on this epic trip to Dublin (and other parts of Ireland).

This is our first time hosting a remote guest, and we apologize if the sound quality is a little off. We used Riverside.fm to record this episode.

This episode focuses on Dublin, highlighting what we did, what we loved, and what we want to do next time we visit. 

Key Topics

[01:30] Why it was a best friend trip and we did not go together

[05:20] FreeNow is the app we mentioned. Was cheaper than Uber

[06:18] Christchurch Cathedral–see social media for the reel!

[08:05] Keep Julie awake

[09:45] Trinity College tour

[13:30] Book of Kells

[14:30] Long room

[19:00] Immersive Experience for Long Room and Book of Kells  

[20:15] Grafton St and the Duke pub –Literary Pub tour starts here 

[21:35] Day 2 in Dublin 

[22:30] Hop on Hop off Bus

[23:35] Temple Bar area, webcam! 

[25:45] Jameson Tour (Jameson Orange is back in stores)

[32:35] Devitt's  Bar

[35:30] Last or third day in Dublin

[35:45] Archaeology Museum

[38:45] Indian Food– Andhra Bhavan

[40:15] Irish culture on TV–Irish football, Irish language 

[42:45] Little Museum of Dublin

[45:00] O’Donough’s 

[45:45] What did we like about Dublin?

Important Links 

To follow all of our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at wandering@wwforus.com

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• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!
• Blog post for this episode: Dublin in 4 Days
• Dublin Itinerary
• Google map for Dublin 

Thanks to Everyone who have been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media, and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout-outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life, that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!)

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 22 April 2025

Title: Óbidos and Peniche: Two different towns in Portugal

Summary of Episode

We take an inside look at Óbidos and Peniche, two lovely villages on the Silver Coast in Portugal. 

Óbidos is a lovely medieval village about an hour north of Lisbon. It has great festivals, shops, and medieval charm. Make sure you try the ginja!

Peniche is a fishing village on the coast, also about an hour north of Lisbon, but with a much different feel than Óbidos. The beaches in this area are incredible, as well as the cliff views.

For those who enjoy resorts, this area boasts 4 golf courses and resorts: Praia del Rey, Royal Óbidos, West Cliffs, and Bom Successo. 

Key Topics

[02:50] Intro to Óbidos

[05:05] Letraria Brewery–our favorite place to chill

[20:30] Peniche

[21:40] Beaches of Peniche

[25:45] Cliffs of Peniche

[26:45] Berlengas Island–check out the podcast here!

[30:45 ] Museu da Resistância 

[36:45] What’s coming up next

Important Links 

To follow our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places, and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!
• Blog posts for this episode: Guide to the town of Óbidos, Why Peniche is the best coastal fun, A Day Trip to Berlengas
• Other podcast episodes like this: Day Trip to Berlengas

Our music is by White Records

Thanks to Everyone who has supported us!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media, and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout-outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life, that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive, thank you for your love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!)

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 09 March 2025

Title: Winter in Portugal

Summary of Episode

What have we been doing this winter? Hibernating! We traveled extensively during November and December and needed some well-deserved time off. 

But winter is a great time to travel in Portugal. The weather can be rainy but can also be lovely! Museums are open, wine tasting is great and the beaches are lovely–just cold.

Living in Portugal during the winter is quite nice too! We have enjoyed our two winters here even though it’s been rainy. But let us tell you what it is really like…

Key Topics

[00:30] What have we been doing? Where have we been?

[05:15] Traveling in Portugal during the winter

[10:00] The snow and ski area we are talking about is Serra de Estrela. 

[12:30] Christmas markets and Christmas Decorations, New Year's fireworks, and other holiday festas.

[13:30] Festas and the  Festa blog post! 

[14:40] Living in Portugal

[16:00] Heating and air–dressing for the weather–make sure you have heat if renting an Air B&B

[20:05] What is next up for us

Important Links 

To follow our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!
• Blog post for this episode: Portugal in Winter: Why travel during the off season?

Thank You Everyone For your support! 

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!)

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 21 December 2024

Title: Christmas in London (our first trip!)

Summary of Episode

We went to London to catch the Christmas Markets and hang with our niece Katey. London was definitely “Giving Christmas.”

The Christmas decorations and markets were great but we also got to see the London Tower, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, the changing of the guard and King Charles!!

We also enjoyed the pubs and afternoon tea at the Dalloway Terrace. Find out what else we did on our first trip to London (together).

Key Topics

[02:30] Christmas Markets in London and everywhere 

[7:45] Christmas lights tour

[11:00] Fortnam and Mason (Yikes)

[13:00] Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace

[16:00] Tower of London and Tower Bridge

[10:00] The British Museum

[21:50] Big Ben, St. James Park, pelicans, Royal Opera House, and other fun stuff

[24:00] Evensong in Westminster

[27:00] Pubs–George Inn and Blackfriars (we’ve listed more on the blog)

[31:15] Cahoots bar

[33:00] Afternoon Tea 

 [35:00] Things we will do next time 

Important Links 

To follow all our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!
• Blog post for this episode: Christmas in London--will link as soon as it is finished!
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Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 29 November 2024

Title: Our First trip to Amsterdam–what we did!

Summary of Episode

 Amsterdam is a city we must always return to because well, there is never enough time to see it all!

We spent 7 full days exploring the city and the surrounding area and had an amazing time. Museums, restaurants, and things to do are featured in our podcast!

Our full itinerary can be viewed on our blog post and we will also make some notes below and places we mention.

Key Topics

[2:30] Beth starts to tell us what she loves most–which there is a lot of food 

[3:30] Rijksmuseum 

[5:20] Van Gogh Museum

[6:35]  Anne Frank House

[10:55] Getting around  Amsterdam   –and there is a metro line (we just never used it).

[13:55] Dutch Food: pancakes, poffertjes, drop, stroopwafles. We went to Hans Egstorf, the oldest bakery in Amsterdam! But they are just as good off a truck somewhere. Stampots are awesome. Bistro Amsterdam is the restaurant we mentioned.

[23:07] Cheese shop: De Kaaskamer

[24:00] Genever tasting: A. van Wees Tasting Locality, Mango the bar cat…Beth loves that cats get to come inside. There is such a variety of food –not just Dutch.  

[27:43] Types of Cafes–don’t get them confused 🙂Get your space brownies at Tweede Kamer.

[30:55] Take a canal tour  

[30:52] Best time to go to Amsterdam–when it’s less crowded 

[35:51] Utrecht and DomUnder 

[39:10] Haarlem: St. Bavo’s Organ, Jopenkirk Brewery, Shopping district

For more information or a look at the Google Maps , check out the Blog post.

Important Links 

To follow our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected] 

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!
• Blog post for this episode: What we did on our first visit to Amsterdam

 

Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout-outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!)

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 28 October 2024

Title: Our Trip to America

Summary of Episode

We are back in Portugal after spending 2 ½ weeks in the USA. This is our first trip back since we moved and we were a little…surprised. 

Our first big impression? America is overwhelming. But it isn’t America that has changed. It is us!

Find out what made us feel like living outside the US is the best decision ever. 

Key Topics

[06:00] First impressions

[07:30] Restaurants

The food

Halloween fun

Walking vs cars

[27:45] Shootings and gun advertising 

We bought way too much stuff

[34:40] Hurricane Helene

Other things we did

[38:50] Upcoming trips: Netherlands, Christmas market in Lisboa, Barcelona, Ireland, and Scotland

Important Links 

To follow our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!

There is no blog post for this episode but feel free to visit our site at wwforus.com

Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout-outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. Thanks to Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!) They also have a great app out! 

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 06 September 2024

Title: Aveiro, Portugal: Venice of Portugal 

Summary of Episode

It’s been a year!! We have been podcasting now for one year! Thank you all for your love, support, donations, subscriptions, EVERYTHING helps us and we really enjoy doing this and want to keep doing it so THANK YOU!!

We also sum up the last of our epic road trip with our stop in Aveiro, the Venice of Portugal. We spent two nights in Aveiro checking out places we have not been to yet and even did a day trip to Águeda to see the sky umbrella project.

Aveiro has lots to offer including Moliceiro boat rides down the canals, shopping, great restaurants, museums including the Art Nouveau Museum and the town museum, plus the salt flats and Praia da Costa Nova. 

Key Topics

• [00:56] BIG THANK YOU’S and meeting awesome people this summer
• [04:20] Aveiro Moliceiro boat tour
• An interlude about how we travel and why we came home early
• [12:00] North of the main canal (Art Nouveau Museum, shopping, fish market, Ovos Moles)
• [16:00] Old Train station
• [17:45] Rua de Coimbra ceramic mural and Gloría neighborhood (M Bakery, Taco Loco)
• [20:15] City Center, Aveiro Forum, and ribbon bridges
• [22:22] Cathedral of Aveiro mention
• [23:25] Salt pans/salt production
• [27:00] Praia da Costa Nova
• [32:30]Águeda sky Umbrella Project
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Important Links 

To follow all of our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Looking for a tour guide in Portugal? I have a whole list!
• Blog post for this episode: Aviero, Portugal: what to do and Águeda Portugal, the colorful city of umbrellas 

Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!)

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 24 August 2024

Title: Epic Road Trip part 2: Guimarães, Ourense, and a very weird massage

Summary of Episode

In this episode, we continue the saga of our epic road trip up north. We visited the cities of Guimarães, the birthplace of Portugal and Ourense in Spain. 

Guimarães is amazing and we do not know how this could be a one day/day trip from Porto, but it is. We visited the Palace of Dukes, the main square of Largo da Oliveira and the cathedral in the historic center of Guimarães.  

Ourense was a totally different experience! Spain was beautiful but HOT and probably not the best time to visit the hot springs. But the city of Oursense is beautiful. We walked down to the Plaza Mayor, the city center of town to enjoy our meals. There is a cathedral and Roman bridge that crosses the Miño River.

Across the banks of the RIver Miño are the thermal spas that are free and open to the public. There is also a private spa you can visit for less than €7.  You can also get a very thorough massage there.

We stayed at the NH Ourense Hotel

Key Topics

[01:50] Guimarães

• [04:45] Palace of Dukes
• [08:14] Historic Center of Guimarães (Largo da Oliveira)
• [11:32] Serra (mount) Penha

[12:15] Oursense, Spain

• [14:00] Old Town Oursense
• [16:15] Spa day at the Thermal pools
• [21:40] European massages are…different
• [33:40] Milongas Parrillada Ourense–great meat restaurant in Ourense

Important Links 

To follow all of our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Blog post for this episode: Best Day trip to Guimarães
• Private tours and tour guides in Portugal

Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!)

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 08/08/2024

Title: We LOVE Braga: Things to do when visiting Braga, Portugal   

Summary of Episode

We start our Epic Road Trip series with this episode on Braga. We took an 8 day trip up north to Braga, Guimarães, Ourense, Spain and Aveiro.

In this episode, we cover our lunch escapade at the Hotel Palácio de Buçaco, located in the heart of Portugal, about 20 minutes north of Coimbra. This Hotel was once a convent, then a palace for the royal family, and then a hotel. The lunch at the hotel was amazing but expensive. The gardens and architecture were incredible.

We then drive north into Braga and hang there a few days soaking in the fun…and heat. We visited the Bom Jesus de Monte and the Braga cathedral as well as walked through the Santa Barbara Gardens, ate AMAZING FOOD, and reveled in the beauty that is Braga. 

Key Topics

Epic Road Trip Introduction

[04:45] Hotel Palácio de Buçaco and Convent

[13:08] Intro to Braga

[16:08] Bom Jesus de Monte

[22:44] The food in Braga is very good

[27:00] The Braga Cathedral 

[32:16] Other cool things in Braga to see: Old Town restaurants and shopping, Santa Barbara Gardens, Palácio da Raio, Avenida da Liberdade for big shopping

Important Links 

To follow all of our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
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• Blog post for this episode: What to see and do in Braga 
• We are also on Threads!
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Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations

Wandering Works for Us Podcast

Date: 19 July 2024

Title: What to do in Lisbon–our recommendations

Summary of Episode

In this episode, we talk about our favorite things we love in Lisbon–as tourists! We’ve been to Lisbon several times as tourists ourselves and accompanying guests and we have picked the places we would recommend to those visiting the city for the first time. Keep in mind this is just our opinion. There is so much to see in Lisbon and we still haven’t seen it all!

If you want to see pics, check out our social media posts on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Threads.

Key Topics

[03:07] Tile Museum

[07:35] Alfama Neighborhood

[11:15] Lisbon street art: Bordalo II

[14:18] Belém (Pastéis de Belém, Jerónimos Monastery, Maritime Museum, Monument of the Discoveries) 

[27:50] Chiado and Rossio Square

[30:45] An unexpected happy place.

Important Links 

To follow all of our antics and adventures, please visit our social media pages and our website at wwforus.com! You can send us a message at any of these places and feel free to email us at [email protected]

Like what we are doing? Buy us a gin and tonic and help us keep going!

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tiktok
• YouTube
• Lisbon in 2 days–what we would do 
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Things mentioned in this podcast

• Tile Museum blog post and podcast episode  (day trips we loved)
• Bordalo II Art page

Thanks to Everyone who has been so supportive!

Special thanks to all of you who have listened, subscribed, followed us on social media and just took the time to say hello and tell us how much you enjoy our podcast and blog. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!

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RESOURCES & LINKS

Special shout outs to AL and Leanne of A Sideways Life that has given us so much help and support for the move. To Gal and Mayaan at Smoozitive with their love and support. Please check out their podcasts on Apple Podcasts 

• A Sideways Life website and podcast
• Smoozitive website (if you are moving abroad, these women are experts and will help you out!) They even have a new app available that is fantastic!

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/wandering-works-for-us/donations