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”
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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…”
Our first house-sit in Spain
We were really quite excited about this trip. For a few reasons too. Firstly Annette really loves pigmy goats, and we were going to be caring for some on this sit. Secondly we had not been into Spain for years, other than to traverse it to reach the ferry at Santander. Also, because it wasContinue reading “Our first house-sit in Spain”
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?”
Travanca do Mondego
On to the next house sit… We made our way directly from the Nazerè sit up the country past Coimbra and turn left heading inland and up until we get to the hydroelectric dam on the River Mondego. Not for from there is the sparsely populated small village of Travanca do Mondego. As we mentionedContinue reading “Travanca do Mondego”
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!”
Back home to check on house progress
So, we managed to have a few tranquil and quiet days together at the sit near Loulé. Wayne continued to do all the tasks that used to be shared, like feeding the pets and administering medicines, preparing meals and cleaning etc. However over the short period Annette had rejoined, she was already managing to dressContinue reading “Back home to check on house progress”
Algarve wandering and a bike race
It was a fairly quiet period leading up to Wayne’s sister coming out for a short visit. The weather had been lovely and we managed a few trips out and about exploring some places we had not been to, or seen yet. We found the small coastal village of Salema particularly attractive. The morning weContinue reading “Algarve wandering and a bike race”
Our Portuguese Life 