Wine Shopping
by“How’s the wine over there Billy?” I’m asked a lot. “Fantastic” I reply but let me tell you about something I enjoy every bit…
“How’s the wine over there Billy?” I’m asked a lot. “Fantastic” I reply but let me tell you about something I enjoy every bit…
Call me Scrooge but I’m no longer a big fan of Christmas. The hype, the absence of paying homage to it being a religious…
It grows everywhere. On the front, on the side and even over top of anything it can latch on to. The bougainvillea rules the…
I’m a stroller. It’s different from a walker or a hiker – I’m not thinking destination or exercise. My strolling has a simpler purpose…
The CTT – Correios de Portugal – is a Portuguese company that operates both as the national postal service of Portugal and as a…
Setting up our banking in Portugal gave me a good introduction to the country’s bureaucracy. Tons of paperwork. Every page initialized. Lots of…
To tackle the language barrier in Portugal, I knew I was in for a whammy. My mouth doesn’t seem to make the right shapes…
Without a doubt, I am a condiment queen, and my refrigerator is a valued appliance. In Portugal we have a very small refrigerator –…
Many days I question the decline of social decency. But I am happy to report that it’s alive and well in two countries I…