Today I had leftover tzaziki. I love tzaziki but enough is enough. And tomorrow it’ll be no longer nice and crispy. I was inspired by a famous portuguese lore “Sopa da Pedra” I had beet, beet leaf, chives and celery from the garden. I had to freeze a huge bag of carrots, so I did […]
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“Do you have a moment?” My brother bumps into me in the kitchen and drags me to the Butterfly Garden where he’s been digging hard the past few days. We have a family visit with a few passionate (vegetable) garden enthusiasts So one of the sisters and my brother, so a lot of things happen
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It was at the very last minute, but I thought it would be better to send a warning. This booking had arrived a few days ago, via the SVR – a dutch intermediair to find a simple, natural or special campsite. They want to come camping; fine, but it’s raining Hello Maria, it’s Sunday morning,
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“Vaca na mesa! Or how do you say that?” Madelon shouts cheerfully, while I laugh. “Now you put a cow on the table, my dear” I reply, “Vaca is cow. If you want to play with the knife on the table, it’s a Faca – with an F.” We play Azul, a great board game
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Bruno: He doesn’t answer anymore Hugo: He’s changing his diaper We are now having a lot of fun with a person who calls himself Miguel, who called this afternoon. I had put a few ads on the net, on the marketplaces of Portugal. Things you need to get rid of. Things you haven’t used for
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I already mentioned it last week: May has always been a small high season, and that is coming back a bit. The C-rise years prevented everyone from doing what you love to do, but you don’t hear about the pandemic at all anymore. Like it never happened. So there are guests again in the beautiful
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In May all birds lay an egg – over there maybe, but here they have long since hatched those eggs, and the adolescent birds are ready on the edge of the nest to start their own lives. In May we always did a lot of mosaicmaking. In May – as it was before the C-risis
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The first campers of this year were very early Family Zomerdijk planned to drive their camper here, stay for a day, and then walk to the nearest station, to go to Coimbra from there. They weren’t going to stay there, no, they were going to walk all the way to Santiago de Compostela. More people
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I don’t remember where I picked up the folder, but anyway, I went because it was close by on a Sunday afternoon at 3.30 pm, in the Associação de Vinha da Rainha. Theater is always fun, actually Frankly, I have no idea what to expect. It is clear that it concerns a local amateur group.
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“Espere, espere …” Dário mysteriously disappears into the kitchen to grab something, apparently. “Oh Dona Helena! Olhe aqui … tente isso … Look, try this … “ He looks at me expectantly as I take a small sip from the small glass. “This is a typical Portuguese drink,” he says proudly “O Dário … tão
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