I am so grateful for your honest assessments of this new adventure! I learn something every time I read a new post. After this one, I think we should set up a little care package system. For example, I have a Levi's outlet about 15 minutes from my house. I can't imagine it would cost me more to buy and ship you a couple of pairs than the $160 needed to buy one pair over there! Maybe your ex-pat circle could do a trick-or-treat party next year? Here's to 2023 being a blend of assimilation of Portugal and an importation of what's good about America. (Speaking of which, feel good about being thousands of miles removed from Trump's NFT trading cards. They're horrifying.)
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Gosh, I’ve been following you from the start and it has been quite the adventure. From my comfy home I’ve lived in for almost 40 years, here’s wishing you a happy new year, many more days of enjoying your new environment — and adventures that fulfill you.
Hmmm. So, on balance? You miss Halloween? I still think you haven't found the "real" fish in Portugal, or their national dish (which name I can't remember). And there is a fado restaurant in Lisbon where I had a fabulous meal (also can't remember the name; too many years have passed). Have you been down to the Algarve yet? Anyway, Happy New Year; it hasn't been the greatest one here, as you have noted. Life since covid is often a hard slog, not to mention the deterioration of our once wonderful country. One day at a time, and trust God. Love, Phyl
Thank you for sharing this thorough assessment. As my husband and I consider possibly moving to Portugal (Silver Coast) we are trying not to romanticize what daily life would be like and consider how we'd feel about, say, 25 straight days of rain in November.
The good, the bad after six months
I am so grateful for your honest assessments of this new adventure! I learn something every time I read a new post. After this one, I think we should set up a little care package system. For example, I have a Levi's outlet about 15 minutes from my house. I can't imagine it would cost me more to buy and ship you a couple of pairs than the $160 needed to buy one pair over there! Maybe your ex-pat circle could do a trick-or-treat party next year? Here's to 2023 being a blend of assimilation of Portugal and an importation of what's good about America. (Speaking of which, feel good about being thousands of miles removed from Trump's NFT trading cards. They're horrifying.)
Gosh, I’ve been following you from the start and it has been quite the adventure. From my comfy home I’ve lived in for almost 40 years, here’s wishing you a happy new year, many more days of enjoying your new environment — and adventures that fulfill you.
Hmmm. So, on balance? You miss Halloween? I still think you haven't found the "real" fish in Portugal, or their national dish (which name I can't remember). And there is a fado restaurant in Lisbon where I had a fabulous meal (also can't remember the name; too many years have passed). Have you been down to the Algarve yet? Anyway, Happy New Year; it hasn't been the greatest one here, as you have noted. Life since covid is often a hard slog, not to mention the deterioration of our once wonderful country. One day at a time, and trust God. Love, Phyl
Thank you for sharing this thorough assessment. As my husband and I consider possibly moving to Portugal (Silver Coast) we are trying not to romanticize what daily life would be like and consider how we'd feel about, say, 25 straight days of rain in November.