I’m feeling a bit down. The family left this morning after a five-week visit, and now our village feels very empty. Visits are a bit different than usual for us, expats Usually your friends and family don’t come over for a cup of coffee or a drink. Usually it takes a bit longer, because you […]
This is Aveiro station. At night. Last train. Beautifully lit, beautifully restored, beautiful tiles – one of the best places to admire the famous Portuguese tiles. The “São Bento” station in Porto is even more famous, but there are already so many photos of it. The famous Portuguese tiles Some of them have been there
The new acquisition has been put to good use right away, this past week. I had seen a few things on OLX and CustoJusto – the two largest second-hand sites in Portugal. Second-hand shopping is fun, although very different here than in the Netherlands. When returning the rental car I saw a second-hand shop: “Look,
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We’re off again with four wheels this week, dear readers! When returning the rental car, we passed an estante, a car dealer of which you have many in Portugal. Often many together. Handy if you want to buy a second-hand car Now I wasn’t immediately looking for pre-owned wheels, but my eye fell on a
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I was in another world this week. There are different worlds – the Modern world, the Other World, the Dream world, the Fairy Tale world, yours and mine Every Day World. In my EDW you find fireflies, frogs, storks, nice smelling trees, lots of flowering weeds and Portuguese farmers. I was in the Modern world,
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All (grand)mothers are honored on a different date everywhere: Second Sunday in February: Norway March 5: Grandmother’s Day in France March 14: United Kingdom First Sunday in May: Spain, Portugal Second Sunday in May: Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Czech Republic, May 26: Poland May 30: France, Sweden August 15: Belgium
“Yes! I still have a tiny bit of Google … A large part of Spain and Portugal is suddenly without power … a cyberattack, they suspect … ah, but now it’s gone. No connection.” Anja sighs, and I sigh with her. She’s visiting, staying for a few days, and is just as surprised as everyone
Madame Spring made quite a dramatic entrance this year. One in her entourage was Olivier, a classy windbag who made our lives miserable, cold and wet for weeks. The fireflies didn’t care Every evening, Mira and I walk our round to the crossroads. A good habit. Mira knows it all too well, and already starts
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“I don’t know if I’ll make it,” Astrid texts, “because my handle didn’t work.” You have to read between the lines, otherwise you won’t understand anything When you fly, you have to operate with moderation Some airlines are stricter about the rules than others. Astrid was able to fly from Rotterdam to Lisbon with Transavia
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