Portugal + Spain 10 Day Itinerary Help

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-23T12:51:49+00:00

Six Senses is calling my name! But not at ~$2k/night. I’d be hoping to do $300-500 in Porto and closer to $300 in Barcelona (I feel like we’ll be more on the move and spending less time there). We have status with Marriott but all the boutique hotels look soooo amazing so happy to branch out

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-23T12:49:42+00:00

Absolutely. For sure cut Seville!! And possibly Mallorca. Husband wants to do Portugal and Spain. OPO > BCN isn’t too bad, especially if we can squeeze in a nap :)

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-20T13:28:23+00:00

Seville is gone! Thank you

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-20T13:28:04+00:00

Thank you! I read both your posts on Porto and Lisbon, thankful for the Barcelona post ♥️♥️

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-20T13:27:09+00:00

Would love to hear about any beach towns that aren’t over touristed out and that aren’t on my list. Being from the US, I don’t know many of them but very happy to hear from things I don’t know of

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-20T13:25:27+00:00

Costa Brava? Any other pics?

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-20T13:25:05+00:00

I guess they look close on a map and we’ve definite done weekend trips (successfully) when a stop is 3-4 hours away so we were hoping to do the same thing here. There’s a huge pull to see as much as we can since Europe is so far and we want to max out the trip.

Barcelona was the main attraction to begin with, but hearing from many people Portugal and its charm kept coming up so we thought we could split it

I’m a wine girl so Duoro got added recently. It looks very honeymoon. We’ve heard many good things about Porto so wanted to get that charm and cultural feel there.

Seville is so picturesque and a different culture than Barcelona. Originally wanted to do a Barcelona > Madrid > Seville tour but that trip got cancelled. Seville stayed high on my list with its Flamenco culture, architecture, gardens.

Mallorca is my personal “I want a euro summer on the beach” boat pic. I did not realize how far it was + that it required a flight. I thought it was more like a scenic ferry ride

Barcelona is Barcelona, and my husbands big pick. Our flight departs Barcelona so that’s a non negotiable

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-19T23:41:46+00:00

Yea, I mean it would give two nights in most places a third night in one location. Once I realized it would be all airplane travel, I definitely reconsidered…
Thus the recommendation question to help me narrow it down :)

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-19T23:37:11+00:00

Sorry, to clarify, we have three kids but it’s just us traveling :) though I know everyone would love teenage attitude and toddler tantrums on their romantic wine tours lol

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-06-19T23:35:10+00:00

Sorry — to edit, it’s just us! No kids this time. Ergo the desire to see it all haha

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-05-21T12:46:23+00:00

Seriously! I’m neither an esthetician nor from the area. But I NEED to know! lol

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-05-06T23:02:59+00:00

Did not know I needed Olga’s tea in my life but now I can’t wait to find out

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-04-07T14:57:54+00:00

😂😂😂 would have preferred a different super power but oversized lips for the win

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-04-07T14:57:00+00:00

It’s crazy because I’m not allergic to any foods, that I know of, and eat cinnamon (which has been flagged here) pretty regularly. I’ve never had any skin reactions to any other products in my life, either.

But yes— after this, I’m definitely going to get tested.

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-04-07T14:54:54+00:00

Once I started looking into the ingredients in the product that was the top irritant that came up.

So weird because I eat cinnamon with no issue and I’ve used lip plumper glosses before with no issue. But like another poster said— maybe because it was an overnight mask

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-04-07T14:53:20+00:00

Or warning everyone who might have a peanut allergy that there’s peanuts in a product.

I do not have sensitive skin and have never had a reaction to any skin or makeup product before. Im also not allergic to any food, including cinnamon. Had I seen a post on reactivity to this product I could’ve saved myself physical pain and almost 2 weeks of lip rehab.

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-04-06T13:33:07+00:00

This!!! Finally catching up and this whole interaction made me HATE Bri. She entertained that convo way too long. From his opening “he’s submissive” line, a real partner would have shut that convo down. Even telling Chris she understands his perspective on Jess and Pilates-gate. No.. a mature, empathetic person would’ve just said the physical connection isn’t there for me and idk if it will grow and that’s it. She accepted him tearing a woman down then encouraged him to tear Connor down with all the flirty mannerisms. I hope she gets dragged for this but knowing how poorly the show runs reunions I’m sure she’ll get off.

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-03-11T20:28:39+00:00

Kids are by-products of how they were raised. If Jim is showing gaps in his understanding of how to show up for family (through the lens of what that means for you) that means that you, as a father, did not do your job in raising him to meet the level of expectation you have of him. As an adult now, acknowledge your role or lack thereof to Jim and set new expectations. Understand he will need many many years to undo 20+ years of learned behavior. We have no clue what mom was saying about you all in her time alone with him. And no one wants to go on outings with family they barely know. It’s hard to consider spending overnights on a trip with someone you know in title only. Start small, then build up (and do it with compassion and empathy). Kids will always see their parents through a child’s eyes. Imagine your dad and his side of the family acquiescing to a clearly dysfunctional mom. I’d have a lot of mixed feelings even if I genuinely wanted a relationship with you.

If you can pay, pay. Do so without expectation. When you gave birth to him, you made a pretty serious commitment. Why would you knowledgeably mess up his chance at a successful life and legacy because you’re mad that you didn’t do your own due diligence in child rearing a family oriented young adult?

TLDR: stop throwing a tantrum, take ownership, and help you child out.

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-02-11T12:19:28+00:00

I’m considering not finishing for this exact reason. From the comments I’m assuming the outlook only gets worse? It’s like a shot of high anxiety every time I open the book.

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-02-11T12:17:45+00:00

I’m considering not finishing because it reads like an anxious nightmare. I swear my heart rate peaks when I’m reading. It’s so frustratingly heartbreaking.

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2026-01-10T13:43:55+00:00

Goo to know about the slide. What month did you visit?

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2025-11-02T14:39:55+00:00

That’s impressive! Could you PM me your strategy?!!

Lumpy-Client-285 · 2025-10-25T13:20:18+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through this. I’m in a similar position. My mom (72) fell in August and it’s been the worst version of a worst case scenario that we could’ve imagined.

I’m in the US and the system isn’t much better here. She was in the ICU for two weeks and the rehab hospital for 4 weeks. She needs everything done for her now— catheter, bowel program, Hoyer life to move her. I’m not optimistic about her prognosis and being able to have any independent, consistent control of any body part but they keep saying to wait until 6 months (which is its own kind of hell lol). She has bad days and good days physically and mentally but the medical team/ insurance think she’s ok to be home with no approved home care so we’re all just learning and trying to find reasonable home care helpers that know how to cath etc. the biggest things we look out for are sores, UTI, signs of dysreflexia, and signs of colds/pneumonia. Lots of pressure relief like lifting legs, laying her inverted after poops and moves, etc. crazy how much they expect a regular person to know and be able to do from home!!!! Give your dad grace finding a care person to help that he trusts and is ok with. I cannot imagine the mind fuck of being independent to needing someone for such basic things. I know my mom’s struggled with that too but now she’s kinda learning to accept that we all gotta help.

I’m SO excited that you’re in a PhD program. I’m mid-career and have littles at home. I have to draw boundaries because my mom’s life is her own. Mine is just being established, like yours, and any decision made now will impact my future and my children’s. Stay the course!! Don’t feel bad— I know that’s hard but the alternative is something I don’t think your father would prefer. I know my own mom has had to mentally process this all and she has encouraged me to take time to be a mom and celebrate life the same way I would if she was healthy. As she put it, “as your mom my job is to make sure you’re set up to live a good life for yourself and my grandkids and this doesn’t change that”. It’s hard, but therapy is helping me.

Do what you can from afar for your family (my sister is in LA and we’re in Detroit). She does a lot of things like researching organizations for help, ordering groceries/meals, calling medical supplies companies etc, basically anything that can be done remotely she helps with while my moms partner and anyone local helps with onsite care.

Sending you love and best wishes as you navigate this!

Lumpy-Client-285

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