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…
Family Storybook: Finding our Apartment
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…
They Say the Lights Are Bright in Braga…
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…
Family Storybook: Why Didn’t You Eat?!
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…
Tourists in Our Own Town, Overlook
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…
Tourists in Our Own Town, Downtown
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…
Food & Wine: Castanhas Edition
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…
Giving Back / Building Community
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…
One Year(ish) In – The Advice You Probably Haven’t Heard
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…
The Braga Effect
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…
