More Portugal Walking

We don’t just sit around on terraces and eat while we’re here, I’ll have you know. Some mornings we get ourselves operative before the sun gets too hot, and we do some exploring. There’s a…

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Terrace Delights (and a Recipe for you!)

The driveway/parking lot of Quinta da Geia where we had a delightful lunch on the terrace a few days ago — and will return for one more meal before we leave on Sunday. Orange seems…

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Ruined beauties . . .

A few more photos from our daily walk to the village. Above and below, the ruins of a house built in the 18th century. And here’s a reminder that I shouldn’t romanticize too much. I…

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A Walk in the Country

Yesterday late afternoon we arrived at Quinta Moenda after a train-plane-automobile adventure of 8 or 9 hours to a very warm welcome from Josephine and Hans — and to find that we were invited to…

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canals, bridges, aspirations

We’re now in gorgeously sunny Portugal — in the Beiras, a mountainous rural area. We sit by the pool listening to the birds symphonize (why yes, I did make that word up), the church bells…

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