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Travels in Portugal

Cork It! A look at one of Portugal’s “signature” exports

Posted in Portugal
Lisa Mc Sherry

Anyone who has opened a bottle of wine knows what cork is . . . but do we?

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Cool . . . and Yummy! Vila do Conde, Part 2

Posted in Food, Portugal
Lisa Mc Sherry

This post is part of a series called Vila do Conde – 2025 Hiding out in Vila do Conde was hardly a chore, but being away from home always presents…

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Blessedly Cool: Vila do Conde, Part 1

Posted in Portugal
Lisa and John

This post is part of a series called Vila do Conde – 2025 We don’t have a lot of hard and fast rules in our marriage, but we have many…

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Dining in Évora, part 4

Posted in Portugal
Lisa Mc Sherry

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 Dinner time! You might have gotten the impression from our last few posts that we didn’t eat while we were…

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You Get Used To It: Évora, Part 3

Posted in Portugal
John

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 We love living in Portugal; we really, really do. One thing we’re still getting used to is just how blasted…

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Still Hot: Évora, Part 2

Posted in Portugal, Traveling
John

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 On our first day in the environs of Évora we were hitting up ancient stone arrangements that were by and…

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Hooooooooooot: Évora, Part 1

Posted in Portugal, Traveling
John

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 You may recall from an earlier set of posts that I got a serious crush on the Alentejo region when…

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Family Storybook: Bay What Now?

Posted in Portuguese Language
John

This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…

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Family Storybook: Finding our Apartment

Posted in Braga
Lisa Mc Sherry

This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…

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They Say the Lights Are Bright in Braga…

Posted in Braga, Holidays
John

We’ve been having ourselves a quiet holiday season so far. Unlike past years we haven’t really put on a shindig ourselves. A number of our friends have been out of…

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