Category Archives: 2011

It was time for the off.  The cool box was loaded with bacon and eggs, we had what to most would have been a month’s supply of freshly ground coffee, which by the way was spreading the most wonderful aroma … Continue reading →

The thought of a 2 day drive didn’t faze us too much as we had completed many a long drive including the South of France when the children were young, but of course we are a little older now and … Continue reading →

Ok so things are starting to get serious now. Maybe we might be able to do something, but what about the language, should we learn some, but we don’t know if Portugal is right for us! Will we be able … Continue reading →

How long did we think this project was going to take? We had already read about the, shall we say, relaxed way or working and in fact had seem this in trying to arrange visits to the estate agents. We … Continue reading →

So what were we going to do in the 4 days we had, just drive around? Do they have estate agents? How does the process work? We really didn’t have much of a clue. So back on the good old’ … Continue reading →

As we lead up to the August period the plan evolved even more, the decision was that we would drive, we couldn’t go until the October half term as Teresa is in education. It was a long way for just a … Continue reading →

For a number of years we had enjoyed 3 or 4 holidays a year and always liked to have the next one booked or at least arranged before completing the one we were on. It was during the early part … Continue reading →

So where in Portugal? It’s a big country. What sort of area would we like, Touristy, Rural or Urban? Are we still right to go for Portugal? There were so many basic questions which we needed the answers too, but … Continue reading →