Become a thriving woman living abroad
Starting a new life abroad is exciting but can be very challenging because, while building your life from scratch, you have to step out of your comfort zone big time.
Do you speak my language?
Happy New Year and “um Bom Ano Novo”! Exactly two years ago – doesn’t time fly? – I wrote a well-received piece, entitled ‘Portuguese for Idiots’, on these pages prompting
Happy New Year!
A New Year has arrived, and whilst we look to 2022 with optimism, once again we do not have the start to the year that many of us anticipated. Schools
Portugal’s main concerns for the new year
Comment POLITICS The first major event for the Portuguese population will be the national election on January 30. Hopefully the turnout of voters will be higher than usual and give
Via Verde/Brisa: a warning to readers
Dear Editor, I’m writing to you in the hope that you find my story worthy of publishing, to be a warning to unsuspecting foreigners in Portugal. I know of others
New year, new art
Here’s the upcoming 2022 line-up of artists bringing their work to the Algarve with Artcatto As usual, Artcatto has a packed and exciting programme of exhibitions planned for 2022 and
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
The Sixth Age of Man
The Sixth Age shifts into the lean and slippered pantaloon, with spectacles on nose and pouch on side. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide for his shrunk
Public transport – VAMUS bus service
Dear Editor, We live in Olhão and made the decision not to own a car, to not only save the environment but to also be more physically active, and choose
It’s Christmas! Feliz Natal!
It is that festive time of the year again and, once more, it appears that restrictions will impose how and – indeed for many – where we will celebrate the