Last year around Christmastime, we put together a house-gift to ourselves. It’s not very fancy, in fact it starts with an empty pretzel container from Continente. Inside this container our…
Family Storybook: Christmas Tree Lighting
There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically the same way each time you share it, and you…
Put Me In, Coach: A Trip to Lisbon
When we first heard that there was a museum of coaches in Lisbon, we were perplexed. First, it had to be explained (to John at least) that we were talking…
Two Tourists: A Trip to Lisbon
We have remarked before (probably here, certainly in conversation) that we have been much more thorough in our exploration of the greater European continent than we have been of our…
Cork It! A look at one of Portugal’s “signature” exports
Anyone who has opened a bottle of wine knows what cork is . . . but do we?
Cool . . . and Yummy! Vila do Conde, Part 2
Hiding out in Vila do Conde was hardly a chore, but being away from home always presents challenges one way or another. For example, since we’d never been here before…
Blessedly Cool: Vila do Conde, Part 1
We don’t have a lot of hard and fast rules in our marriage, but we have many moderately set guidelines, and one of these is that if our feet aren’t…
Dining in Évora, part 4
Dinner time! You might have gotten the impression from our last few posts that we didn’t eat while we were in Évora; you probably didn’t, but who are we to…
You Get Used To It: Évora, Part 3
We love living in Portugal; we really, really do. One thing we’re still getting used to is just how blasted hot it can get. (Yes, yes, people from Texas, it’s…
Still Hot: Évora, Part 2
On our first day in the environs of Évora we were hitting up ancient stone arrangements that were by and large out in the middle of nowhere. We still had…
