Donât come to Portugal
In my previous column, I mentioned my concern that Portugal was being promoted in a somewhat overenthusiastic way and mentioned in way-too-many âbest thisâ or âbest thatâ lists all over
Vacationland
The Algarve is a very popular part of the world for vacationers, with millions of people having visited just this past summer, which is still very fresh in our memories.
Baby, itâs hot outside
According to some reports, this past month was the hottest July on record in the history of the world. Before that, June was the hottest in Europe ever. However, the
Where is home? An expat realises that you canât go home again â itâs not there
When my lovely wife visited the United States of America recently, after nearly five years away, some of her family and friends asked the same question â âWhen are you
Not getting any younger
My lovely wife and I are old enough to remember way back in 1972, when the British Prime Minister Edward Heath signed the agreement to join the EU. Back then
The debate over what we are â immigrants or expatriates
There seems to be an ongoing debate over the correct use of the term expatriate, or expat for short. This is worrisome for someone like olâPat who doesnât want to
An expatâs New Yearâs resolutions for 2019
Every year around this time, many people decide itâs time for some self-improvement by making a list of New Yearâs resolutions. Goodness knows we all could do at least a
The end of an era
Part of the adventure of being a resident of a foreign country is that you donât have the network of friends, relations and coworkers that you had when you lived
The families have gone
Bless their hearts, the families are gone. Now that the kids are back in school all around Europe, the States, and even most in Portugal, the number of tourists clogging
Itâs hot
I know exactly when the heat arrived. It was Tuesday, July 31. That morning, I sat out on my terrace, drank a cup of late-morning coffee and enjoyed a brisk