A Tale of Seasons: Travanca do Mondego with Energetic Canine Companions Travanca do Mondego, a quaint Portuguese village, became the backdrop for the start of our housesitting adventures, where we forged lasting bonds with two spirited rescue dogs and an endearing senior Staffie. Our journey unfolded in two distinct chapters—one marked by rainy winter daysContinue reading “2023 a reflection”
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Waiting for our new home in Portugal
If you are new here, welcome! We are Wayne & Annette and this is our blog about moving to and living in Portugal. If you’ve received it, then you either subscribed or someone was kind enough to forward it to you. If you are a returning visitor, welcome back! Thank you all 😀 Firstly, what’sContinue reading “Waiting for our new home in Portugal”
House build update
A long overdue look at where we are with our wood frame house build in Portugal. If you are new here, welcome! We are Wayne & Annette and this is our blog about moving to and living in Portugal. If you’ve received it, then you either subscribed or someone was kind enough to forward itContinue reading “House build update”
In Portugal, August means Holiday… 🇵🇹
We know what you are thinking… How do a retired couple living in Portugal know when they are on holiday! 😂😂😂. Well, it has reached the middle of August and Portugal is in full holiday mode, so we are just joining in. The builders are now on their well-earned holidays too, and so there willContinue reading “In Portugal, August means Holiday… 🇵🇹”
Third week of July house update
Welcome back everyone. We had enjoyed a couple of days in Nazerè looking after our friends house and pets again. It was great to spend some time with the gang again and see how their renovations were going too. We finished off the weekend meeting some new friends, having been invited to a BBQ andContinue reading “Third week of July house update”
Another quiet week in Portugal
Only a short one this week, but some interesting stuff. We spent the weekend with our new friends in Nazerè. We had one night on our own with the pets while they went off to the small village house they are selling near Castelo Branco to do some chores and meet up with some friendsContinue reading “Another quiet week in Portugal”
House build recap and progress…
Ok, for those who don’t know we are having a house built in Portugal. We sold our five bedroom village house in the UK along with all its furniture and belongings in order to live a more relaxed, simpler and warmer life in Portugal. We had always planned to retire and live somewhere different, butContinue reading “House build recap and progress…”
Progress, but windows?
Kathryn and Roman arrived home after their mammoth journey around the UK, and understandably tired, so it was an early night, but not without a celebratory vinho or two to welcome them back. They didn’t arrive empty handed either and we are grateful that we will not be short of Marmite, Yorkshire Tea, or BransonContinue reading “Progress, but windows?”
Staying Local
Carrying on from our last post, we said we were off on some more house sits… But let’s just go over our last week first. It was a bit disappointing to find little progress on the house, but one of the things about living in Portugal we have learned is that things happen differently thanContinue reading “Staying Local”
More delays and the budget gets squeezed even more!
So here we are back in central Portugal with our besties again. We were away at the house-sit further to the north and the weather was finally perking up and spring had definitely arrived, so we were looking forward to getting back and seeing some progress on the house. Unfortunately, and it is such aContinue reading “More delays and the budget gets squeezed even more!”
Our Portuguese Life 