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  • The Perfectly Imperfect Day

    The Perfectly Imperfect Day

    “Where is the jazz concert?” was the question that Jorge asked most frequently on the perfectly imperfect day in May. He had proposed a light dinner out and a concert in Faro and we say yes to almost any outing with him if we are free. Our time together always consist of speaking Portuguese, a…

  • Old Couple

    Old Couple

    Our first date was on May 4th 2001 and consisted of dinner at Perkins and a visit to a local business known for poles and scantily clad employees since neither of us had ever been to one of said establishments. This year we celebrated our 23rd year as a couple with a dinner date in…

  • Thursday The Miracle Cat

    Thursday The Miracle Cat

    It was day 5 of the New Year. Out of nowhere we received a call that our cat had been found. WHAT?! How is that possible? She had been missing 40 days. She was being taken to a veterinarian in Faro by firefighters and was found in an abandoned house in Estoi almost 6 miles…

  • Wrapping Up 2023

    Wrapping Up 2023

    October: We headed back for Year 2 of Portuguese language class. With any luck, at the end of the course we will have a B2 (upper-intermediate) language level, and hopefully a bit more ease with conversational Portuguese. Our favorite neighborhood kid Bianca needed help with a school project and it was Halloween themed, so definitely…

  • Casa De Chá Da Boa Nova

    Casa De Chá Da Boa Nova

    On almost every trip, we try to book a meal at an upscale restaurant. We aren’t food snobs, we’ll eat street food and sandwiches without a single complaint, but we like fancy food too. I love collecting cookbooks, reading about food, experimenting with new recipes, and watching shows like Top Chef, Iron Chef, Chef’s Table,…

  • GOAL, GOAL, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal… Goal!

    GOAL, GOAL, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal… Goal!

    Michelle and I begrudgingly watched the Super Bowl about every other year, before moving, for the commercials and a reason to make themed food, but otherwise we had little interest in football in the United States. American football (to me) seemed like a bloated, over-commercialized, and excessively violent waste of an afternoon. Other than the…

  • Festival Med 2023

    Festival Med 2023

    Our wonderful friend Jorge (our Portuguese professor) loves live music of almost any variety. Jorge had been telling us and other students in his classes that Festival Med in the nearby town of Loulé is an amazing event, he was going and offered to have us join his group if we were interested. The festival…

  • We Made It 1 Year

    We Made It 1 Year

    June 20th marked 1 full year in Portugal and the time blasted by like a bullet train. Maybe that means we have been having plenty of fun (“day drinking” European style is next level – even our background in emergency services did not prepare us for this), or perhaps we are just oldish now and…

  • We Skipped Ugly Christmas Sweaters This Year

    We Skipped Ugly Christmas Sweaters This Year

    Andrew: Brother Visit: Rob made his first trip to Olhão in early December. His arrival matched up almost perfectly with the beginning of the rainiest week of the year. The rain poured down and both Michelle and I got horrible head colds two days after he got into town but we still had plenty of…

  • Festas And Fun

    Festas And Fun

    The season of holiday parties was upon us and we said yes to almost any reason to celebrate the remaining weeks of 2022. Two parties in the countryside: One of our classmates lives in Moncarapacho which is about 7 kilometers from Olhão and we attended two social gatherings at her house. The first was a…