Author: Carl Munson

Get the Schist, oh Burgo, and wow Beirão!  “He was born here in 1936, and knew my father,” Filomena says, about the man leaning from the ‘Juliet balcony’ of a

Where are YOU in your Portuguese journey and the dream life in Portugal many strive for, and growing numbers are lucky to be trying? You may be reading these words

Where in Portugal might you ‘meet’ the likes of Agatha Christie, E. M. Forster, Emily Brontë, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Jane Austen and John Le Carré under one roof? 

I have just launched a new feature on the Good Morning Portugal! show – ‘Try Something Portuguese’ – hopefully an inspiring and educational service to my audience, though a somewhat

Are the Portuguese a positive people? Yes, of course. But maybe not as we know it. “Sometimes, when you ask a Portuguese person for help, you’ll get a ‘no’ kind

Can you imagine a social event where foreigners meet and mix with their Portuguese neighbours, enjoying a delicious barbeque, quaffing Portuguese wine and dancing to live music on a family-friendly

I recently confessed here my shape-shifting intentions and the plan to sculpt my ageing body. As the kilos are evaporating into the gymnasium air-conditioning, one of the fringe benefits I’m

I’ve just got back from the gym. “So what?!” you might say. As I can barely lift my arms to tap out my thoughts, you need to know that you

“I wish I’d done it years ago” is one of the most-uttered sentiments I hear among the recently-arrived in Portugal. This isn’t surprising, of course, in the 50-plus foreigner world

Taking on the real estate industry in Portugal is quite the challenge in its own right. Tackling the way business is done here, in what some see as an anti-enterprise