Not exactly the Christmas present I had wanted. Since I am clearly graceful Santa gifted me with crutches this Christmas. My right hip has always been slightly crappy since my running days and this was no exception. So crutches for me for 4 weeks. Now this all went down in the US so I'm currently stuck here as well, not the easiest to travel, much less get all the way back to my apartment in Figueira da Foz. Normally this would fall under annoying and I'd go about my day. Two

A long trip but a great view I have to say I love living where I do now. The beach is literally outside my door. What I don't love...

Pic of our amazing "tablecloth" we got at our local store. Here’s the thing about moving to a new country that no one really says,...

Figueira da Foz Currently sitting in Chicago after what seems like my husbands 800th surgery.  While here I’ve been trying to get my...

Cooking Class before we started I was so excited that our friends had decided to come visit us in Lisbon before we moved to Figueira da...

Since, lets say, November 5th, I have seen a lot of people frantically asking questions about moving to PT. I get it. Honestly if I...

I've written recently about moving to Portugal when your country elects a dictator  and my previous posts on why I choose Portugal . Now...

The 28 tram I'll be honest there are about 100 other blogs that will answer this question better than I can, so this is not a...

Christmas lights are going up! First off full stop. Don't come at me for the title. I don't care if you voted for him "but didn't really...

Options are good, in doctors and beer! So once J had been released from the hospital with an actual diagnosis it became a made dash in...

Initially I stated this blog during the pandemic when we were living in our rv and traveling the country. Hard to believe that was 4...

My least favorite airport....Miami. When we first moved to Portugal we were idealistic. Set off with cats (who had some objections) but...

There is a lot to love about Portugal. I've written about it, others have written about it, it seems well known. There are some downfalls...

One of my favorite places to walk I have recently seen quite a few comments on moving to portugal pages of people complaining about...

My unexpected overnight As you know by now airline travel currently is somewhat of a challenge. I am sure most people have seen the...

Almost two years ago when we started the process of Portugal I would occasionally get the "Why Portugal?" Question. Over the past few...

Our train ride though the Douro River Valley I know it's been (gasp) a year and half since this post on Portugal and it's been crazy ever...

Surprise! Maybe the fact that my husband left on Sunday to go back to work should have tipped me off, or the fact that at 3am on Monday...

Doesn't get much better then this! On this trip to Michigan we tried to go to new to us places (of course we hit our old favorites too). ...

Happy Halloween! It's no surprise we ended up back in Michigan in the Fall as we spent a lot of time up there last year. We have really...