I’m not sure how much our readers know about Celsius temperatures, so here’s a good rule of thumb: if it sounds right above freezing in Fahrenheit, it’s $*&@ing hot in…
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…
As I was writing last week’s post, I found myself going down a bit of a rabbit hole on a related topic: doing laundry while traveling. Our ability to pack…
We’ve been traveling enough now that I feel like I can share some of the things we do to minimize what we bring, and even the longest trip doesn’t require…
Living in another country is an adventure! I know this isn’t really news, but nearly 7 months in now it still feels that way. Partially that’s the perpetual feeling of…
(Sometimes there just isn’t a clever title to be had.) Day 3, and we’re really starting to feel the press of constant travel. Well, Lisa’s constant travel. She had been…
The 2nd day of our London trip was only nominally in London. Up relatively early for breakfast, we made a couple of local tube connections to Paddington Station, thence bound…
“In ancient times,hundreds of years before the dawn of history,lived an ancient race of people.The Druids. No one knows who they wereor what they were doing.But their legacy remains.Hewn into…
By which we mean our trip to London, natch. When we were in the midst of planning for our move to Portugal, it could get hectic. Very, very hectic. To…
11:30 AM Arrived in Florence from Naples. This is a late addition to the itinerary that Lisa came up with for John’s 50th. Originally we were going to spend 5…
