Author: Glenda Cole

My first winter in the Algarve five years ago, everyone thought I must be Canadian. My head turned at the rare American accent. I was thrilled. I came to Portugal

A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I were once again rhapsodizing about our incredible lives here in the Algarve. I reflected that the only thing missing in my perfect

The Club for Algarvian Social Activities (CASA) recently held a “proper” tea at Vale de Milho in Carvoeiro. I was a bit nervous about attending. What exactly was a tea?

I just finished speaking about my life in Portugal at International Living’s Ultimate Go Overseas Bootcamp in Denver, Colorado. Over 800 people from all over the United States attended, their

You say barging, we say houseboating I fell in love with Europe on a houseboat (barge).  After our first trip in the South of France, we realized those nicer boats

You say barging, we say houseboating It was 2003. I was newly divorced and desperately needed an adventure. I found an article my friend MB had sent me describing something

The Good, The Not-So-Good, and The Ugly One day, you’re driving along, you don’t need your GPS, you know where you’ll park, you have your grocery bags and little red

I grew up near Detroit, The Motor City. Home of Henry Ford, birthplace of the assembly line. Most of the people I knew had family working in the automotive industry.

When I retired, one of my goals in life was to NEVER see snow again. A lifetime of Michigan winters in the US was enough. I was doing well with

Before coming to Portugal, I thought I would struggle to learn Portuguese.  Blimey, who knew the foreign language I would use the most would be English? As George Bernard Shaw