It seems I spoke a little too soon about the weather. Yesterday was probably the coldest day of the Algarve winter so far. We have long given up hoping for any sympathy from our friends and family back in England with regards to the weather. However, people we have spoken to who have lived in…
Let’s get the bad bit out of the way first: the first couple of weeks of our 2011 in Portugal were pretty crap. A rapid succession of stomach upset, flu and then ear infection, all accompanied by a heavy dose of post-Christmas blues, resulted in the very beginning of the year feeling quite some distance…
STOP PRESS: Since writing this post we have published a book about moving to Portugal: Moving to Portugal: How a young couple started a new life in the sun – and how you could do the same If you are in the USA or Canada you can buy it here. Last week I looked over…
So, it’s all over for another year. Time to dust off the laptop, and the running shoes, and return to normality. We had a wonderful Christmas here in the Algarve and I think and hope that the extended and blended family we had with us enjoyed it as much as we did. I should give…