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 read our extensive ramblings (see what I did there?) about getting to Portugal, you know that we were given generous and extensive support from many strangers on social…

We are far from the only people writing about their traveling experiences or their new lives in Portugal. There’s practically a tradition of sharing your thoughts on moving here after…

As you may have read, American immigration to Portugal is expanding rapidly. While we still don’t rate as one of the largest immigrant populations (Brazilians are far and away the…

So. We’ve moved to a new country. We did it at the beginning of December specifically so we would meet our new home during the holidays. Heck, literally the first…