This is the epilogueof my stint in Portugal. Wayne and I are headed back to the US tomorrow. It was three years ago that I quit my job and we began making preparations to move to Portugal. A great adventure,…
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I’m feeling Pioneer-y
Tagged with: bittersweet, challenges, clear the path, language barriers, Living abroad, pioneer, portugal, returning home
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, writing
Armação de Pêra: 11 Apr ’19
So we’re in the Algarve now. Everyone says it’s the most beautiful place on earth. But then, what do they know? Everyone in Portugal says they have a “house” in the Algarve. This goes back to the ‘80’s when Portugal…
Tagged with: apartments, armação de Pêra, beach, beach love, climate comfort, ocean, portugal, relax, retirement, sand, weather
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, travel without stuff, writing
A Guitarra do Fadista
As we prepare to leave Portugal, we are communing with the many beloved friends we have found here. Such friends are Jorge and Paula. Paula happens to be our landlord, but, she and Jorge have taken us on a low-tide…
Tagged with: fadista, fado, friends, friendship, guitar, poetry, portugal, saudade, saying goodbye
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Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, writing
A Charmed Day in Setúbal
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
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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…
Rain, Rain, Rain, Ra . . . . 21 Mar ’18
It’s the rainy season in Portugal, which may have something to do with why we haven’t posted anything this year. They fooled us when we first came to the country last year because the season was unusually mild. Of course,…
Tagged with: hunkering down, nature, portugal, portugal winter, rain, rainy season, travel, writing
Posted in Living abroad, writing
Posted in Living abroad, writing
I LIKE BIKE
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
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip
Dia de Peru (Turkey Day): 10 Dec ’17
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
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad
Oporto Me Oh My Oh: 10 Outobro ’17
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
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, road trip, Uncategorized, writing
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
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Posted in Living abroad, Uncategorized, writing
Barbarams
Wayne
