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Our First Visitor, Part 1

My sister-in-law Amy came to visit for about a week. She’d already had plans to meet Emma (my niece) in London, so she tacked on a trip to Portugal when she heard we’d settled on a place. Emma had been studying in Germany for a semester. Her visa had expired, so she couldn’t join AmyContinue reading “Our First Visitor, Part 1”

Transportation…check

We had limited means of transportation after returning the car, mainly our feet or Uber. Monday was a true rest day for us, we just walked to the closets grocery store to us, a 15 minute walk. Tuesday we met with a tutor to set up Portuguese lessons. We’ll have them twice a week untilContinue reading “Transportation…check”

Shopping, Shopping, and more Shopping!

It felt like all we were doing the first few days was shopping. Well, being jet-lagged and shopping. We didn’t do much the first day we arrived, Thursday. We landed around 10:30 and arrived at the condo around 2pm. We quickly ran to the closest store to get food for dinner and breakfast. The restContinue reading “Shopping, Shopping, and more Shopping!”

Homeowners in a Foreign Country!

It’s official, we have closed on a condo in Figueira da Foz, so we now own property in Portugal. I didn’t want to jinx it before the official closing, and wow, has it been a LONG process! Since this is my journal blog, mainly for myself, I’m going to include some posts on our adventuresContinue reading “Homeowners in a Foreign Country!”

Portugal

We visited Portugal for 2 weeks at the end of 2023. I’m lumping the trip into one or two posts since we’re seeing so many places. I’ll update a few times throughout the trip. We flew into Lisbon and headed north. First stop, Braga, just north of Porto. It’s a city of much religious heritage,Continue reading “Portugal”

Redding

I’ve had this post ready to go since March but never posted it. So I’m finally getting around to it. I’m glad we had time to visit Milt and Pat in Redding before I needed to be in Reno for ASC. They love the outdoors, both had careers in the Parks service. They’ve certainly retiredContinue reading “Redding”

Travis AFB

We spent a few nights at Travis AFB, just north of San Francisco in Fairfield. We did our usual routine at military camps – hit the commissary, exchange, gym, etc. There’s usually good WiFi for work. The gym was really nice here, especially compared to the few we’d seen recently. But hey, no complaints whenContinue reading “Travis AFB”

Bay Area to the Berkshires

I’m looking at the weather Friday morning in Monterey, and guess what I see? More rain. And a news article that says the peninsula could become an island! The Salinas River had broken levees and was flooding areas near the two roads that lead onto, and out of, the peninsula. We were supposed to stayContinue reading “Bay Area to the Berkshires”

Monterey

We relaxed our first day in Monterey – did some errands on the bases there and enjoyed having water and electricity. I enjoy the freedom of boondocking, but you need services after a few days. The RV camp is right next to their golf course. Our spot backed up to one of the holes, butContinue reading “Monterey”

California Coast

It was raining the morning we left Point Magu, January 9th. I worked while Ben broke camp. We headed north on 101, not thinking too much about the rain. That’s a normal thing in Connecticut. Of course, we weren’t in Connecticut. And what we didn’t realize was this was an unusual storm with massive amountsContinue reading “California Coast”