It’s sunny here in Portugal now, enough to get a sunburn if you’re not careful. Certainly warmer that the UK and with less of a chance of rain. […]
Brighter days

It’s sunny here in Portugal now, enough to get a sunburn if you’re not careful. Certainly warmer that the UK and with less of a chance of rain. […]
Life-saving lasagna Lasagna it’s life-saving lasagna !!! if like me you finished your New Year celebrations at 4:30 AM We attended the New Year celebrations with a […]
What about the customers! I watched with some amusement and disbelief the very biased TV coverage throughout the whole day. The Portuguese Taxi driver protest over UBER was […]
Do you know what the local Portuguese people think of you? I came across this excellent blog the other day by Frank Nice “Foreign Footsteps” Insights, Tips, […]
I am probably showing my age here but I do remember “baddies” on TV uttering the words “its a fair cop guv” when being arrested. Here in Portugal […]
When I write about the migrants and refugees flooding into Europe I realize that I am potentially entering the world of the NIMBY ! Having twice been a […]
It sounds simple enough I know. As an experienced angler I have caught fish all over the world. I have also tried and failed many, many times to […]
We are often up before the dawn and on our way to work all over Portugal. This fantastic view greeted us on an early start on a beautiful […]
In the same way that the little old ladies in black are disappearing from our local village markets there is also a change in the countryside. All over […]
Following lunch at my favorite restaurant in Rabacal, central Portugal (very rustic, very good food and rough “country” wine) We came across this fine steed. To be fair […]