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…
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A Charmed Day in Setúbal
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
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, writing
Bite Me 19 Apr, ’18
A couple months ago, I was coming back to the apartment from an errand. My route takes me through a pass-through tunnel on the first floor of our building, threading my way among the tables of an outdoor café. At…
Dog Days And Dog Poets: 31 Agosto ’17
Portugal recently celebrated the feast day for Saint Roche, the patron saint of dogs, which is one theory why this time of summer is called the dog days. It’s certainly the slow time in Portugal. Everything shuts down in August. Our language school, swimming…
Tagged with: beaches, dogs, forest fires, journal, poetry, portugal, writing
Posted in Living abroad, Uncategorized, writing
Posted in Living abroad, Uncategorized, writing
Cascais Casual: 28 Julho ’17
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…
Tagged with: accents, beaches, Cascais, coastline, dogs, expat, history, language, leisure, photography, portugal, retirement, snapshots, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, Stay as long as you like, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, Stay as long as you like, writing
Call Of The Wild: 25 April ’17
Barbara and are doing our best to be good expats. We’re determined to experience the culture of Portugal and learn as much about the people as we can. We also enjoy meeting other expats like ourselves and sharing experiences. I…
Tagged with: dogs, insight, labrador retriever, leisure, portugal, travel, writing
Posted in Living abroad, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in Living abroad, travel without stuff, writing
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