Life Lessons: Grocery Options

Three grocery chains seem to dominate the landscape; each has a unique personality.

Tax Season in Portugal

What we're learning about paying taxes in two countries, tax treaties - and how the process can illuminate how people view being in a new country.

We bought an apartment! It was just like buying our house in the states. Except when it wasn't...

No more hospital corners - life lessons and new perspectives learned from trying to make my new bed.

Lessons learned from wrangling a runway clothesline.

Household waste disposal and recycling in Portugal is very different than in the US - and, we think, makes much more sense.

We were as prepared as we could be - but who knew that getting one of Bernie's prescriptions filled would turn into a multi-week adventure?

Our local mall seems, at first glance, the same as any other mall we'd ever been in. But then, we got a chance to see it from a new perspective.

Week Two - less activity, but some time to think about what's "new".