Back to normal? Or back to nature?
There can’t have been many people who predicted the advent and effect of the Covid19 pandemic for Portugal, let alone anywhere else on our currently…
Category: Portugal Life
Frugal Living in Portugal
I’ve always been pretty thrifty and after saving up for eight years in the UK and restricting our spending we managed to save up and…
Tricks with Ticks
I wrote an account of our unpleasant brush with a tick and although we are pretty careful, we got a potentially serious disease (oh yes,…
Ticks Get Tacky!
“My head hurts!” I take a look at the area he is rubbing just behind his ear and above the hairline and all I can…
Not Driving the Dream: one woman’s take on living in rural Portugal without a car
“You can’t drive?” is the slightly incredulous question most people ask me. “You live in the middle of nowhere. How the **** do you cope?”…
Conquering the Language
For those of us who have moved to Portugal, learning the language is one of the most difficult aspects of our new life. Portuguese turns…
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