Travelling South

Travelling South

We were off to the Algarve, approx 5.5 hours drive from Porto! As my biggest client had begun their Christmas holidays close of business on Wednesday 20th December, instead of moving at the weekend, I wouldn’t have work to do on the 21st, so that’s when...
Leaving the Yellow House

Leaving the Yellow House

In addition to clothes, I’d brought the basics of bed linen, towels & fleece blankets with us in the event that these were not provided. We now have a couple of my large fleeces suspended from the banisters to block-off the open stairs in an attempt to stop...
No Hot Water

No Hot Water

I knew that due to our new chosen lifestyle & adventures, that we’d have good & bad experiences with accommodation. However, I didn’t realise that we’d be able to feel if a house was right straight-away, but we did. Just as we knew the pink...
Fun with the Sat Nav

Fun with the Sat Nav

As I said in the last blog, we’re cold. We were cold from the very first evening as we quickly realised that the lovely log fire actually kicked out very little heat. The cast-iron free standing log burner in our Galician home acted as a storage heater. Once it...
Cold Yellow House

Cold Yellow House

We’re so cold. This isn’t a surprise as we’ve holidayed in Portugal in January before. European houses are set-up to keep cool in the long hot summers, but this makes them bitterly cold in winter & there’s rarely central heating. Most...
Living in Porto Municipality

Living in Porto Municipality

All the time we were in Galicia, Rob & I loved it & took to saying to each other, “It’s good here, isn’t it?” However, neither of us did the first week or two in our home near Porto. There was stunning scenery & we’d always...