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.

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?

We visit our local fair, which is as much like a fair in the US as a 400-year old fair can be!

Moving to Portugal: Applying for our visas and residency permits.

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.

Some people “fall in love” with a country and decide to move there. For us, the choice was a little more pragmatic.

Join us on our first visit to the Lisbon Oceanarium!

A quiet update from a quiet month