Covid-19 update: from bad to encouraging news
There is some really bad news, some sort-of bad news and some maybe encouraging news. Let’s start with the really bad and work our way through to the more encouraging
There really can be life after Covid – the world awaits
There was a point in time, not too long ago, when a leisurely car trip from England to Portugal seemed impossible. Lockdowns, quarantines, PCR and lateral flow tests, vaccinations, and
So near…but a whole different world again open to us
When the border between Portugal and Spain opened up on May 17, there began a huge flow of Spaniards over to their summer villas in the Algarve. We went the
We can whine about Covid … or we can wine and dine
Every autumn our group of wine-loving friends organises a four- to five-day trip. The objective is pure hedonism – we stay in wonderful hotels, eat a lot of excellent food,
Love in the time of … Covid
After 18 weeks (126 days) of conscientious, strict lockdown, with only our walks in the near-by countryside to break the monotony, it was time to break out. We had read