Table of Contents

Below, we’ve arranged our posts by general topic. If you’re looking for a specific word or concept, try the search bar in the upper right hand corner of the page (it’s hiding under the little magnifying glass to the left of the notifications bell).

Arrival

Too much to say, not enough time to say it - June 25, 2022
Where does the time go? - July 1, 2022
WE GOT OUR LUGGAGE BACK! - July 2, 2022
Settling in a little? - July 10, 2022
The basics - July 14, 2022
How we chose Portugal - August 29, 2023

Art

Art is everywhere: Cobblestones - August 8, 2022
Art is everywhere: Tiles - September 22, 2022
Art is everywhere: Subway Stations - October 13, 2022
Art is everywhere: Murals - November 8, 2022
Cobblestones & Rhinos - March 20, 2023
A story of home, in cobblestones - March 23, 2023
The doors of our neighborhood - October 9, 2023
Iron work - December 11, 2023

Community

Things are not as we expected - September 15, 2022
PARTAYYYY - July 3, 2023

Dog

Our trip to the emergency vet - December 8, 2022
Josie's life in Lisbon - March 30, 2023
A big week for Josie - May 29, 2023

Enjoying Portugal

Finally! A day like we'd been hoping for (and pics for you, too!) - July 18, 2022
Ahoy, there! - September 12, 2022
24 hours in Lisbon - October 3, 2022
Braga - October 24, 2022
Covid, so here's (more) pics of Braga! - November 14, 2022
A gift of a day - November 21, 2022
We're back in Braga - January 12, 2023
That ambitious Braga agenda - January 16, 2023
Futebol em Braga - January 19, 2023
A Sunday morning in Lisbon - May 11, 2023
Nazaré - June 5, 2023
Campo Mártires da Pátria - February 26, 2024

Food

Bread - August 19, 2022
A note, a box, and a rabbit hole - January 5, 2023
Food, glorious(?) food - January 23, 2023
Being (sort of) vegan in Portugal - February 9, 2023

Getting things done

The land of bureaucracy - August 29, 2022
Transferring utilities - May 18, 2023
Changing addresses - finanças - May 25, 2023
Changing addresses - IMT - June 1, 2023
The MEO saga - part I (of ??) - June 8, 2023
Figuring out the main room - June 19, 2023
Switching banks - July 10, 2023
The MEO saga - part II (of ??) - July 27, 2023
The MEO saga - part III (of III!) - August 7, 2023
A day at the market(s) - August 21, 2023
A Tale of Two Can Openers - September 18, 2023
My kingdom for a well-fitting pair of hikers - October 2, 2023
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits - October 16, 2023

Health care

I wonder what Lisbon would be like without ... - September 19, 2022
Health care - September 26, 2022
On being acutely ill and far away from what we know - November 17, 2022
Health care: public vs private - January 30, 2023
Health care (again) - April 17, 2023
Flying - April 24, 2023
Emergency versus urgent care - August 24, 2023
Let's talk about health - November 6, 2023
Good news - February 5, 2024

Holidays and celebrations

The entirely-too-long narrative of the events of Tues., Oct. 4 - Oct. 6, 2022
Halloween - October 27, 2022
Thanksgiving - November 24, 2022
Christmas in Lisbon - December 22, 2022
Christmas 2.0 - January 2, 2023
Carnation Revolution - April 30, 2024

Language & culture

The rhythm of the days - July 25, 2022
Exciting topic today! - August 1, 2022
The August phenomenon - August 22, 2022
A street with no name - September 5, 2022
The language dance - September 29, 2022
Fun with Portuguese - November 3, 2022
Soc... Footb... Futebol - November 28, 2022
A very Portuguese day - December 1, 2022
Futebol em Portugal - December 5, 2022
Our 2022 World Cup experience - December 12, 2022
The case of the missing wallet - January 9, 2023
A classic Portuguese experience - February 13, 2023
Eurovision - March 9, 2023
A change will do you good - March 16, 2023
What can a song say about a nation? - April 3, 2023
The quest … - May 1, 2023
Eurovision predictions - May 8, 2023
Final thoughts - May 15, 2023
Cultural speedbumps - May 22, 2023
Hung out to dry - June 15, 2023
Adventures in speaking Portuguese - July 20, 2023
Small appliances - July 24, 2023
Screaming hordes invade Lisbon - July 31, 2023
How to watch a soc … football game - August 3, 2023
In which Amy almost gets run over by the pope - August 14, 2023
So today we'll be adding three letters to the alphabet … - September 4, 2023
Seeking etiquette advice - September 25, 2023
Hey, aren't you taking some sort of Portuguese class? - October 30, 2023
Our favorite Portuguese word? It's "blender." - December 4, 2023
Portuguese politics part pone - April 8, 2024
Portuguese politics part two - April 23, 2024

Musings

Strangers in a strange land - September 8, 2022
Strangers in a strange land #2 - October 10, 2022
Strangers in a strange land #3 - November 10, 2022
As we get ready to move - April 10, 2023
Changing apartments - April 13, 2023
Reflection on keeping a blog - April 27, 2023
Musings - May 4, 2023
What we know about you, our readers - June 12, 2023
And the survey says … - July 17, 2023
Thirty minutes of sanity-saving spew? - August 10, 2023
“A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” ― George Carlin - November 13, 2023
What’s next? - January 8, 2024

Real estate

How we got our apartment/real estate in Portugal - August 11, 2022
So what DOES the apartment look like? - August 15, 2022
Oeiras - January 26, 2023
What’s next? - February 6, 2023
Scouting in earnest - February 23, 2023
Coimbra - February 27, 2023
Braga (again) - March 2, 2023
The real estate market - March 6, 2023
Umm ... that was fast! - March 12, 2023
Furnishing the apartment - March 27, 2023
Buying an apartment: our timeline - April 6, 2023
Furnishing II: moving from paper to reality - April 20, 2023
Narrow streets of cobblestone - June 26, 2023
A neighborhood with no name - November 27, 2023

Recaps

Six week check-in - August 4, 2022
If I had a million dollars - December 15, 2022
The good, the bad after six months - December 29, 2022
THE DECISION - February 2, 2023
It’s been a year - June 22, 2023
So how's Portugal working out? - September 11, 2023
Our 2023 expenses - February 12, 2024

Visas, etc

Scott's farewell tour - July 28, 2022
Moving to another country is a lot like applying to college - August 25, 2022
Getting in - September 2, 2022
Big week - October 18, 2022
In which we become residents of Portugal - October 20, 2022
Exchanging our US driver licenses for Portuguese ones - February 16, 2023
Our timeline: From 'wanting to emigrate' to 'Portuguese residents' - Feb. 20, 2023

Weather

Baby it's wet outside - December 19, 2022
Of blow outs, dancing and even a rat - October 23, 2023
How damp is it? - November 20, 2023
Water woes - February 19, 2024