A delightful way to explore Europe
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
Exchange of driving license for a Portuguese one
Dear Editor, I read with interest Kristina Griffith’s tale of woe in trying to exchange her UK driving license. I was expecting something similar – I have a British friend
Is it just me? In the heat of the moment
The ‘lady’ in the flowery dress and high heels elbows her way past patiently waiting regular customers, well-schooled in post-pandemic distance-keeping, to the front of the counter of our local
Re: Solar ‘bullying’ tactics
Dear Editor, We have read with interest this headline article (June 22) by Natasha Donn on the refusal of the electricity supply company, Iberdrola, to respond to reasonable requests for
Re: Exchange of your driving licence for a Portuguese one. Beware!
Dear Editor, I sympathise with Georges Kiener’s plight on exchanging a driving licence. I eventually managed to exchange mine after a more than two-year process. This involved four separate applications
Azores round trip
This article is about Portuguese descendants, like myself, and non-Portuguese people that find a home away from home in Azores, Portugal. It speaks about how we grow up asking questions
Re: Exchange of your driving licence for a Portuguese one. Beware!
Dear editor, I have read with great interest Mr Georges Kiener’s letter regarding the exchange of your driving licence for a Portuguese one and can fully agree with every point
Motorcycles are at the heart of the Algarve
When my lovely wife and I lived in our first apartment in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C., there were a number of guys who lived in ground-floor units in
Exchange of your driving licence for a Portuguese one. Beware!
Dear Editor, I am 66 and, upon returning for good to Portugal from Switzerland in October of last year, went by the rules and started the procedure to exchange my
Fala português?
It is good to learn a few words of the local language when going abroad, even if only to communicate on a simple level, such as for ordering a coffee.







