Inês and Pedro: Portugal’s Tragic Love Story

This is a story about 2 souls, Inês and Pedro, who embark on a journey where love is their salvation and betrayal their greatest adversary. Before our first trip to Portugal, I was doing some research on things that I wanted to see. I was also reading a history book called The Portuguese: a Modern …

Living in a small village in Portugal: Is our life really any different?

Since we moved to Serra D’EL Rei, you can say our life is pretty different. After all, we live in a totally different country with a different culture and language. We don’t work a 9-5 job anymore so our days are slower and more flexible. And this has also allowed us to be more social …

19 Weeks Living in Portugal. Have we found Paradise?

In case you haven’t heard, we sold everything, moved and are now living in Portugal! We loved it so much that we decided to sell everything and move. But since we’ve been here, the blog has sort of been on hold. But we’re back!! And we are back with a podcast! Wondering Works for us …

Professional Cycling and Domingão makes for a big weekend in Serra D’EL Rei

We might have been on Portuguese TV this weekend. But will probably never know. It was a big weekend in Serra d’El Rei. This July marks the 20th anniversary of our parish reaching village status. Our mayor or more accurately called the President the Council, has planned many parties and events to commemorate the event. …

The Journey to Portugal is much better on a Chartered Plane

Getting to Our New Home in Portugal was a grand adventure If you ever have the chance to fly on a privately chartered plane, DO IT. It is more than worth every penny. When we first decided to make the move to Portugal, we didn’t have any idea what sort of adventure just getting there …

Napoli, Italia: The perfect city to travel to after the pandemic

Our first post-pandemic trip was to Naples, Italy–the City of Pizza. Why Naples, you may ask? Well, cheaper flights and accommodations. But first, we had to get there. Travel Again! I am so excited to travel again. I haven’t been out in the world—really been out in the world for two years and I am …