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Festivals in Portugal

The Portuguese love their festivals and holidays! Most are centered around patron saints and religious events. Every town, big or small,  seems to have a special saint, or two. They have the celebrations throughout the year, but the heaviest concentration Read more…


DIY: Before & After

DIY: Before & After While it was certainly not all DIY (we had professional help with most of it), renovating our apartment and terrace was a tedious 2.5 month-long project that is now 99% complete. Wayne single-handedly patched a lot Read more…


Exploring

In between the endless DIY projects, we’ve spent the last few weeks exploring; near and a bit farther.  This year, Portugal has revamped their public transportation system pricing to make monthly passes even more affordable with larger coverage areas. Wayne Read more…


Choosing Your “Where?”

We routinely read the comments of other expats making the move to Portugal on the endless Facebook pages of the several groups we follow.  One constant line of questioning is “Where should we live?” Whether they plan to make the Read more…


Checked the Last Box!

We started the process of relocating to Portugal right after our research trip to confirm our decision. We started in early October 2018 by compiling and submitting the mountains of paperwork needed to get our 4-month visa from the Portuguese Read more…


A Vacation From Retirement

After a couple weeks of non-stop DIY projects in the new apartment, we decided to give Wayne’s painting arm a break and get away for a couple days. Just a mini road trip before giving back the rental car. We Read more…