No guests – plenty of time to study a few things. What we’re doing: knowing more about cryptos, writing, marketing, growing your own vegetables, enjoying beautiful fabrics for the kimonos. I came across a writer’s challenge – from a copywriter Great, I want to learn to write better. This was indeed a challenge from the […]
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uʍop ǝpısdn pןɹoʍ ǝɥʇ Togetherness – that is the predominant feeling here in our village. We are with twenty, and they all have a special name: the German family, another German family, an English couple, a Portuguese couple, the two students, Paul and the three of us. Nice group to survive the crisis Honestly –
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You can find everything on YouTube. And you often don’t remember how you got there. Oh well, doesn’t matter. This was a great documentary – I never watched a documentary about Lisbon for an hour. Usually that’s a list of things you must have seen, or just boring. But this was different. Sparkling from the
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There. I thought I had it well under control. Everything perfectly planned. The new students would arrive mid-March. Mid March is on my calendar towards the 15th. Not so strange that I think: fine, then I can easily go to the Netherlands from 7 – 14 March. Cuddle with my oldest son, and visit family
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“The poorer the soil, the more diversity” says Ellen cheerfully. We have the same name, and we have more in common. I get a master class in “What to do with a wild garden” – an unexpected development in an expected visit. A typical case of word of mouth recommendation My cousin Judith is a
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You probably don’t want to read a blog about spring cleaning, dear readers, but that’s actually the only thing we’re doing now This doesn’t only apply to the accommodation; we’re also going to get a new site! The site is being completely renovated. It turned out that our theme was no longer supported, and then
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Stephanie has the time until June 30 – Portugal has given all english emigrants a few months time to get their things in order. If that was the only thing you had to do, then it wasn’t too bad! Unfortunately: there is a bit more to it, for emigrants who are moving to Portugal If
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It’s a mild Portuguese winter; it has been raining for a week. You know it too well probably: gray skies, hanging low over the fields, and you can’t walk anywhere without your glasses turning into frosted glass. It reminds me of the first portuguese winter when we just moved It started beautifully in September. We
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The mosaics in our little holiday village tend to get out of hand Why? The first phase of the entree of the bathhouse is finally ready. Four mosaics together – as a representation of what’s waiting for you in the rest of the village. It started in October, and now two huge mosaics are finally
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“I can’t help you with this,” Myrjam says apologetically, holding her arm up to show. “I am stuck with this, I have to undergo surgery.” “Don’t feel guilty,” I answer, “you can’t push a wheelbarrow with two people.” That is actually a shame that that is not possible, because I have been far too
