February 3, 2019
Forcing ourselves to go walking in the pouring rain. The weather was crap all week due to a depression named Helena which blew through. Lots of rain and winds. We got out a couple times to see apartments and just Read more…
January 27, 2019
After a solid ten days of both being sick and miserable, we finally felt well enough to get out and timed it to match a couple days of unseasonably pleasant weather. Both Friday and Saturday were lovely. We were disappointed Read more…
January 20, 2019
We knew it would happen. Everyone warned us it would happen. Still we were surprised and annoyed. In our second week in Portugal, we were both hit hard with cold-flu symptoms. (Resfriado – Gripe.) You work extra hard running on Read more…
January 13, 2019
Pinch me! We now live in Portugal! And we are Retired! Less than a week ago we were enjoying our last day in the USA having Sunday brunch with two daughters and their families. Anxious about our impending flight and Read more…
January 7, 2019
SO many emotions! Such an exciting day. After watching the Countdown app on my phone for about three months, it finally said hours instead of days or weeks until our flight was scheduled to leave. We had a delightful Sunday Read more…
December 27, 2018
https://youtu.be/L03zSdJb23A Enjoy the time-lapse video above that condenses two and a half hours of hard labor into about 55 seconds. We were told to expect the trucker to collect our crates anytime between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm. We Read more…
December 21, 2018
It was just about eight months ago that the idea of retiring to Portugal first crossed our minds. After all the research and the endless lists and spreadsheets of to-do items, the actual move is finally within sight. In six Read more…
November 29, 2018
I sucked at high school Spanish. In fact, one of the main reasons I majored in Business in college was because it did not require me to take 2 years of language classes. Portuguese is a Read more…
November 24, 2018
One of the challenges of choosing to become an expat is deciding what to keep, what to give away or sell, what to ship, and how to ship it. It’s hard. On one hand we didn’t want to ship a Read more…
November 15, 2018
Today we received an email from the Portuguese consulate in DC saying our visas have been approved!!! It was exactly a month ago today that they received the applications. Even though there is no logical reason they would not be Read more…
View from Home – Matosinhos
