The voice of Portugal, a great way to improve your Portuguese.
Mushroom fever
Portuguese are crazy for edible wild mushrooms. Make sure you pick the right ones in the forest.
saudade, the non-translatable emotion
Saudade a Portuguese bittersweet emotion. Bitter because of the lack of family and friends who are far away. Sweet because of the hope that tomorrow may bring.
Blogs about living in Portugal
Blogs about living in Portugal.
While we are busy working on our house in Portugal, we give you other experiences to read.
E-bike in the mountains
Electric bike in the mountains and hill climbing. What to consider when buying a electric bike?
Based on personal experience in Portugal.
voluntary gardener
We’ve been asked to volunteer as gardeners for the nature association in Portugal. The headquarters is based in the old school of Vila de Muros, Cinfães.
Beekeeping in Portugal
We’ve found a bee swarm in our garden. Now we can start beekeeping in Portugal.
How do you say that in Portuguese and what are the rules for beekeepers in Portugal?
Buying a bike in Portugal
Buying an electric bicycle in Portugal. After a long search I found a good bike shop in Lisbon, where I bought a great e-bike.
yoga lessons
Recently I started to follow Hatha Yoga lessons in North-Portugal.
our eco-loo, or the sawdust, bucket toilet
Our experiences with the sawdust bucket toilet. No smell, but still room for improvement.
Lucky numbers – nobody likes paying taxes
Why are you asked for your contribuinte at the checkout in Portugal? Because your receipt can win the lottery and it may give you tax reductions!
unexpected…
Restoring a house in Portugal. Calculate on contingencies and above all on delays and postponed deadlines.
Traveling with the disco
We moved to Portugal and brought our Landrover Discovery with us. Luckily we found a good Landrover garage in Porto.
Water connection (incl video)
This is how we got a borehole on our property in Portugal.