Portuguese love bacalhau (BAA-ka-lau, except that “lh” together means you give it kind of a “yuh” sound there in the middle) which is dried and salted codfish. It’s a staple…

This post is part of a series called Family Storybook I’ve had an idea burbling in the back of my mind for awhile now, and since attending language classes has…

We never went to the Space Needle until a visiting family member asked to see it. At one point we both worked approximately five minutes, on foot, from the base…

We had company in our hometown! It’s admittedly difficult for people to just drop in, but thanks to a work thing that Lisa’s sister had in Lisbon, we got to…

We’re enjoying our first visitor (Hi C!) this week and it’s been a lot of firsts for us. You see, we’ve been terrible residents in Braga because we have done…

If you don’t follow us on regular-old facebook, you probably aren’t aware that we fostered cats for about a month this summer. It’s not a thing that we do regularly,…

A careful reading of this humble blog might reveal some surprising, if not actually embarrassing, patterns in our travels. To wit: we’ve been visiting destinations in — let’s call it…

This post is part of a series called Aveiro – Summer 2024 Our jaunt to Aveiro was a quickie this time; just a couple of days respite from the heat….

This post is part of a series called Aveiro – Summer 2024 You can’t stay for too long in Aveiro if you like to stay active – there definitely are…

This post is part of a series called Aveiro – Summer 2024 We love our life here in Braga, but as with any move there are things we’ve had to…