Category: Living Here

I’d like to say that the holidays passed pleasantly, but that just was not the case. The government of Portugal cratered under the pressure to “save Christmas” in this very Catholic country. They relaxed the restrictions just for the week Read more…

In spite of the pandemic, the curfews and restrictions, and the chill in the air…. People are still getting out and getting their fresh air and sunshine while following the rules. There is still much beauty and optimism. (Images from Read more…

Covid-19 cases have exploded here in Portugal as they have in most of the world. One of the measures recently taken by our government has been to institute a curfew. On weekdays the curfew where we live is from 11pm Read more…

It has been awhile since I posted anything. Like everyone else, we are just muddling our way through the weirdest year in our memories. We saw Covid-19 restrictions ease and then tighten back up again. We’ve adapted to the new Read more…

Once again, we took advantage of the nice weather and limited number of tourists to take an impromptu three-night road trip. We got a rental car and drove to the center part of the country. We did not put on Read more…

The government of Portugal has been campaigning to encourage residents to vacation this summer within the country. So, we decided to travel a bit and take advantage of the lack of tourists due to covid. Following all covid rules, of Read more…

We just returned from a visit of two and a half weeks to the U.S. for family reasons. Traveling during the time of Covid-19 was challenging, for sure.  We first booked a flight pre-covid with Iberia. That was canceled. More Read more…

Stay at Home. It is difficult to find the words to describe this truly unique experience shared by people all across the world. Surreal, bizarre, terrifying, sad, eye-opening, life-changing. It’s not over yet, so there will be more descriptive words Read more…

Just days before the madness of covid-19 rocked our world, we took a road trip that we had booked weeks earlier with four good friends. During the first week of March, we rented a 9-passenger vehicle we fondly referred to Read more…

A milestone worth celebrating! We landed in Portugal and started our life here one year ago. I know it is so cliché, but we really don’t know where the time went. We have now experienced all four seasons here and Read more…