We celebrated the New Year by eating grapes, but in the Portuguese style: twelve raisins, one for each toll of…
As we look to the northwest from the hill, as the sun sets over the ocean 30 kilometers away, the…
Three years ago, we moved into our home on the Sintra coast, just hours after a pleasant immigration officer stamped…
Last year, during the time of figs we flew over to the Açores (Azores). A friend had just decamped back…
You hear the tram first, dog-like, at the edges of your hearing: the squeal of wheels along rusty tracks, the…
We completely missed the cues during our first summer in Praia das Maçãs. Granted, the town hadn’t advertised Nossa Senhora…
When I ran yesterday morning, I said hello to a neighbor, who answered my bom dia with a smile: “But,…
Portuguese is the fourth language I’ve made an attempt to learn. Though you could argue my fluency in English is…
The tomato plants form an impenetrable fortress against the back wall of our garden, but they also line the sides…
Last night marked the fourth summer solstice that I’ve spent in Portugal. Yes, three years ago in June, I started…