Bursting the expat bubble
Dear Editor, I think that the end of free British satellite TV is going to be the best thing that could possibly happen for expats living here and elsewhere in
Clarification on 2013 State Budget article
Editor’s note: We received this letter, whose author’s name we have chosen to withhold, with questions for Algarve Resident contributor, Dennis Swing Greene, Chairman of eurofinesco. It relates to his
British TV viewing
Dear Editor, What a smug, priggish and killjoy letter (Algarve Resident December 14) from Biton Wastra in England, lecturing expats in Portugal about the legality of their watching British television!
Expensive cinemas
Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter from your reader about the filthy state of the cinema facilities at AlgarveShopping (last week’s Algarve Resident). I admit I hadn’t noticed
Delightful coastal walk turns sour
Dear Editor, I recently went for a walk along the coast from Carvoeiro to Caneiros beach. Just beautiful! It is highly recommended, but don’t forget to take comfortable clothing and
Half-naked Santas
More than 100 Hungarians dressed in only their underwear or swimsuits to take part in a Father Christmas charity run in central Budapest in temperatures that fell below freezing. This
Empty pharmacies
Dear Editor, Having read your story on the pharmacies and the crisis they are enduring over the medicine pricing policies (last week’s edition), I would like to ask your readers
English Mariner In Ocean Drama With Giant Whale
By: Roger Green Veteran round-the-world yachtsman David Longstaff has told how he survived a mid-Atlantic collision with a giant whale and finally managed to reach the safety of Lagos Marina in
Busy bees and birds
By: Margaret Brown It is another glorious sunny day after the recent inundations, and an upsurge of animal life on our land and the back hills beyond. With ground too
Life is never boring
I wrote a book about my life in Portugal and in the forward are two lines ‘I can’t complain that my life has ever been boring. I don’t ask for