Life in Portugal: Am I itchy?
It’s been seven years, pretty much to the day, since I moved to Portugal with my wife Louisa and our two young children. Since then, and in this truly marvellous
Vis a Viseu
Might I call this ‘pearly gates’ hospitality, where brilliantly warm hosts offer you a glass of chilled rosé, on arrival – made with Touriga Nacional grapes, plucked from vines you
Ready for the fall?
When I ask: “are you ready for the fall?”, I mean of course autumn, as (quite rightly in my view) the British reader may prefer to refer to it, and
How many expats does it take to change a lightbulb?
Last week, I shared a few ideas about what we can do should boredom ever darken our door, perhaps the blue or yellow-framed door of our new home in Portugal.
When you retire to Portugal
I see Portugal has scooped yet another top-three position in one of those ‘best place to retire’ polls. Should you be on your way here as a result of that
When you can’t grow your own on your own
When I first dreamed of moving to Portugal, I was driven by a desire to leave the rat race, as many seem to be who fall in love with Portugal’s
A gloom with a view: Portugal in the fourth turning
Every now and then, on my Good Morning Portugal! show, I’ll ask my viewers and listeners how they are doing. On these occasions, it’s not just a cheerful and cursory
Skin deep, and in deep: True beauty on the Silver Coast
Further to last week’s ‘Should Expat Politics Matter?’ topic, may I start this week by calming any nerves I may have jangled with my assertions, with the words of my
Should expat politics matter?
What’s the right amount of attention for a foreigner to give to politics ‘back home’? In our consideration here, let’s presume that those very same politics had something to do
Peaceful Portugal begins with us?
Whilst this country occupies an enviable position – seventh out of 163 – within the ‘Global Peace Index’, this year’s general report makes for some grizzly reading, declaring that “the