Right. The Christmas shopping has already been done. Completely against my habit, I put the money in the pocket of my warm wintercoat. I still have to walk the pugs, and it’s almost dark, so it’s time to move on. All Christmas gifts have been bought and wrapped so no worries anymore As usual, I […]
Involuntary Christmas gift and a handkerchief Read More »
So here I am, a week with three pugs and a car that is still a bit sick. With “the little Puggies” as we affectionately call them, because they’re sweethearts, and with a kind of repaired car, but not completely yet. With pugs you’re not very mobile, but without a car you lose your mobility
“A quarter to seven at Bifurcação then… just look,” I point out, “otherwise you won’t be there on time, because you also have to allow an hour for the metro.” Broes looks a bit down. He had found a nice ticket, flying at one o’clock, arriving at half past three dutch time, absolutely ideal. By
If the train doesn’t get a flat tire… Read More »
A large bird flies into my airspace. Of course, it’s not “my” airspace, it doesn’t belong to anyone or to everyone, depending on how you see it, but I happen to walk under it, and if the bird hadn’t been so noisy, it would never have been mentioned anyway. But he is, he screams and
Emotionally neglected guitar Read More »
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, they say. And on the other end of the spectrum, there are people who practice intermittent fasting, so they don’t eat anything for 16 hours after their last meal of the day. They then do keto, and certainly not coffee with chocolate cake I’m in between.
A cup of coffee with a chocolate cake, or would you rather be keto? Read More »
The best olive oil comes from Portugal. It’s that time of year again! Time for the olive harvest. It’s a good thing that this blog can’t transfer the aroma of the remaining mush, because then you’d probably be out of here right away, dear readers. Time to stand in line for hours or even days
One of the consequences of inflation: olive oil is almost unaffordable Read More »
We suddenly find ourselves without a Prime Minister since Tuesday! And perhaps with a CC, a Caretaker Cabinet, starting next week! (Does that sound familiar?) António Costa resigns after being accused of corruption over a lithium mine My son, who I texted about it, found it no surprise: “Portugal scores well on the corruption index”
A fallen head over lithium Read More »
There have been so many responses to last week’s blog that I feel I have to report how things are going. Are we going to be followed by the camera of B&B full of Love? Shall I keep the suspense for a moment and start with a few considerations? Of course, we’re all used to
Sequel to: “am I a bachelorette in a B&B Full of Love?” Read More »
I’m having a nice walk with Mira when my phone rings. I always answer with: “Termas-da-Azenha, bom dia” though in Portugal it’s common to just say “Estou”, which simply means “I’m here”, but I think that’s a bit short for the majority of (international) potential guests. “Hello, this is Malu, I am calling about the
Am I a bachelorette in a B&B full of Love? Read More »
“Well, I’m not absolutely sure, because I don’t take the train every day, but what I understand is that you now also have to make reservations for the IC online… “I say while we look at Astrid’s phone. We are on the site of Comboios de Portugal – the Trains of Portugal “Let’s do it
A journey of a thousand kilometers starts with the trains of the CP Read More »
