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  • Tourists For A Day In Tavira

    Tourists For A Day In Tavira

    During cousin Elsa’s visit we tried to balance relaxation and beach days with travel, attractions, and tourism. One of the best day trips from Olhão is a quick 30 minute drive to Tavira. There are a ton of great restaurants, scads of picture opportunities along the Gilão River, cultural events, plenty of shopping, and even…

  • SO Many Algarve Beaches

    SO Many Algarve Beaches

    We are not sun worshippers by any stretch of the imagination. That being said, we have made our way to a praia or two during our time in Portugal. Usually we visit beaches close to where we live in the Eastern Algarve. Portuguese people ADORE the Algarve for the beaches, and people from all over…

  • Bye Bye B Levels

    Bye Bye B Levels

    Although Andrew and I finished year 1 of Portuguese language class with good results, I felt overstimulated and my brain pleaded for a respite. Despite this, Andrew encouraged us to enroll in B levels for the subsequent year, primarily because we adore our professor and wanted to ensure that we would study with him again.…

  • A House In The North

    A House In The North

    Our house hunt kept circling back to a terraced house In Urgezes, a small community very close to Guimarães, just south of Braga, and about an hour train ride away from Porto. We were curious about the layout since the pictures seemed to show four bedrooms but the listing was for two. We researched Guimarães…

  • We Traded That For This

    We Traded That For This

    Our 2 year anniversary of living in Portugal was June 20th! We desperately wanted to change our lives and here we are. Let’s celebrate with a slice of life comparison of then vs. now. Two Cars For No Car: We like the freedom of not worrying about parking, paying for insurance, and planning never ending…

  • Olhão House Tour – Update

    Back in August of 2022 the estimated “2 weeks” to arrange our bounty of American belongings in our tiny Portugal house was a pipe dream. We had done a decent job of Medford packing Step One – sell, donate, gift, or keep and ship. Unfortunately we still had a lot of work to do with…

  • Olhão Street Art

    Olhão Street Art

    I think that interesting street art can make the dreariest part of any city feel alive and, amazingly enough, little Olhão is home to a very active and talented crew of artists. Throughout the nooks and crannies of the city you can find works by Blubla Crew, the artist SEN, and others. SEN’s work is…

  • 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…

  • House Hunting For The Geographically Challenged

    House Hunting For The Geographically Challenged

    I had seen the listing for the house in Olhão which we toured and talked about in Oh, Olhão!?!. Michelle wanted to cancel the tour because we hadn’t been thinking about buying a house and didn’t want to waste the real estate agent’s time. I persisted and immediately after the tour it felt like our…