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Time Ago

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Wayne — Leave a comment

Living in Portugal, we’re not as intimately connected with the Hollywood scene as we used to be. We’d heard of the movie Green Book but didn’t really know much about it. Something about a white guy hired as driver for…

Tagged with: album, don shirley trio, jazz, LP, memories, movies, music, nostalgia, The Green Book, Waterboy, youth
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing

A Charmed Day in Setúbal

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Barbarams — 1 Comment

A Charmed Day in Setúbal Some days are better than others. Some are perfect and some are just shit. Then there’s yesterday. The washing machine suddenly decided to no longer function, so all the laundry had to be handwashed. All…

Tagged with: Ala dos Namorados, charm, dogs, friends, history, home, jazz, journal, music, neighbors, portugal, serendipity, setúbal, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing

You can’t go home again

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Barbarams — 3 Comments

I live in Portugal. An ocean away from my native country, customs and language. After a year, I was weary of not knowing anything – or that’s how I felt. I had acute sensations of separation, isolation and loneliness. I…

Tagged with: family, friends, home, maturing, nostalgia, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, writing

I LIKE BIKE

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Barbarams — Leave a comment

My continuing quest to love bike riding

Tagged with: bicycles, bikes, Colorado, electric bikes, folding bikes, journal, learning, leisure, portugal, setúbal, tourists, travel
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip

Dia de Peru (Turkey Day): 10 Dec ’17

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Wayne — 1 Comment

The holiday season hath descended upon us. It’s time for my favorite Christmas decoration of all time – the hanging Santas. Everywhere we turn effigies of Santa have been hung from balconies by the neck, hands tied behind backs, in…

Tagged with: Cascais, expats, journal, kindness, leisure, new friends, portugal, Thanksgiving, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad

Oporto Me Oh My Oh: 10 Outobro ’17

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Wayne — Leave a comment

There were hordes of people in Oporto. I mean hordes. Germans and Brits and French and Spanish and at least one Estonian, we know because she told us so in very good English; and I’m sure there were other nationalities…

Tagged with: Douro River, history, journal, leisure, photography, Porto, portugal, road trip, snapshots, tourists, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, Uncategorized, writing

Cascais Casual: 28 Julho ’17

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Wayne — Leave a comment

It’s been several weeks now since we took a bus from Sintra to Cascais to stay with Jules, Rita’s traveling companion and President You-Know-Who’s personally appointed ambassador to the International Animal Kingdom. After being in Sintra, Cascais felt like…