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The Luis Carlos Alves market is one of our favorite places to shop. Groceries there are always fresh and inexpensive. It is about a ten minute drive north of the…

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. So when we saw that a group of expats were going to be celebrating an American Thanksgiving in Caldas da Rainha,…

This is a topic of conversation I brought up with a friend the other day. People who have financial planners often have projections of how long they can live before…

Explorers of Yore in Belem One of my pet peeves is the misuse of your and you’re. It’s not often that yore is used but here it is! I thought…

No, those arches are not from a McDonald’s prototype in Portugal. I am standing behind the stone arches looking at the Mafra palace. The palace was built by King João…

We have finally arrived in Portugal! It is amazing how comfortable it feels already. This was meant to be. We are leasing in Mafra, with a view of the palace,…

Tomorrow morning, Cathy and I fly out of the Portland airport to start our new life in Portugal. I am taking a break from final packing, trying to get our…

We made it through our appointment at the Portuguese Consulate in San Francisco almost without a hitch. Only minor inconveniences. One of the silly bumps in the road was the…

Our meeting in San Francisco is next week. We sold our house and it is due to close on July 31st.  The next day we fly out from Portland to…

We put our house up for sale this month and accepted an offer within the first week. We got through the inspection and took care of the nit-picky things on…