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…
Pottery Mouth: Aveiro 2024, Part 3
Our jaunt to Aveiro was a quickie this time; just a couple of days respite from the heat. We may drift up and down the coast over the years, but…
Keeping Our Cool: Aveiro 2024, Part 2
You can’t stay for too long in Aveiro if you like to stay active – there definitely are things to see but not a lot of them. We’ve been here…
Run Away!: Aveiro 2024, Part 1
We love our life here in Braga, but as with any move there are things we’ve had to adjust to. Having lived in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. for…
Cave Dining in Guimares
Our friends A&B have been raving about a meat-intensive utterly delicious restaurant in the hills just above Guimares. A bunch of us arranged cars and set out on a bit…
Look, Up In the Sky!: Alentejo 2024, Part 2
When we were about an hour away from Montimerso, John started having a problem. The problem was that the scenery was getting prettier and prettier. We both love Braga –…
Paradise Delayed: Alentejo 2024, Part 1
A long time ago (last year), in a galaxy far, far away (Braga), we planned to celebrate our anniversary by ticking an item off our not-quite-in-the-bucket list – visiting a…
Part 7. A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish
(attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupery) (the photo is not relevant. Nothing interesting to look at it in this post, so that is us in front of Bodiam Castle in Sussex,…
Part 5. Portugal
The Portugal portion of our story is, unsurprisingly if you’ve actually read parts 1-4, complicated. When we started to sniff around Portugal as a potential Golden Visa target, we found…
Residency Renewed!
I know a number of you have been following this issue and we can now conclude the saga with the news that our cards arrived last week! It was very…
