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These 'Heels Are Wandering
Expat Life in Portugal
"Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship
My senses have been stripped
My hands can't feel to grip
My toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it"
Bob Dylan
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Off to Barcelona During the European Heat Wave
For months, we anxiously awaited a visit from our dear friends and Westfall neighbors, Nikki and Chad Richardson. Finally, in mid-July,...
Winnie Graybard
Aug 2, 2022
Summer Wedding in Ireland
I have some catching up to do. In late June, we attended a wedding in Ireland. The bride's parents were neighbors of ours when we lived...
Winnie Graybard
Aug 1, 2022
Greece is the Word
Our two-week trip to Greece was made all the more special because we were joined by our daughter, Meagan, daughter-in-law Carolyn, and...
Winnie Graybard
Jun 11, 2022
Early Spring in Central Europe -- Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, and Prague
BUDAPEST After lunch at a ski resort in Slovakia, our next stop was the beautiful city of Budapest. Our city tour covered both Buda and...
Winnie Graybard
Apr 10, 2022
Early Spring in Central Europe -- Poland
Two years ago, we were booked on a Gate 1 tour of Central Europe that was canceled a couple of weeks before our planned departure due to...
Winnie Graybard
Apr 10, 2022
A Few Days in Porto
Our winter here in Cascais was quiet. Unlike last year, which was cool and rainy, most of our days have been mild and sunny, with...
Winnie Graybard
Feb 26, 2022
It's Been a Year Already
We landed in Lisbon on December 20 of 2020. We had just completed about three months of planning, gathering documents, submitting visa...
Winnie Graybard
Jan 4, 2022
Short Road Trip
Since our river cruise was canceled, we decided to take a few days for a road trip to some places we had not been to in Portugal. We...
Winnie Graybard
Dec 16, 2021
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Natal
The weather here is getting a bit chillier, more windy, and more rainy. But our lovely town of Cascais is nicely decorated. They have a...
Winnie Graybard
Dec 9, 2021
Eight Days in Spain
Neither of us had ever been to Spain. Since we share a peninsula, we decided it was about time. Happily, Gate 1 Travel (our go-to tour...
Winnie Graybard
Nov 23, 2021
First Guests
After 10 long months here in Portugal, we had our first visitors in late October. We were thrilled to host Ana and Matt King, dear...
Winnie Graybard
Nov 9, 2021
Early October in Venice
We have enjoyed all of our Gate 1 tours in Europe. We see them as a sampler to give us inspiration on places we want to return to on our...
Winnie Graybard
Oct 9, 2021
Fortnight in France -- Partie Trois
Day nine of our tour started in Carcassonne, which is a fascinating ancient fortified city. with two outer walls with 53 tours and...
Winnie Graybard
Sep 21, 2021
Fortnight in France -- Partie Deux
Thanks for your kind comments about Partie Un. Here is the next installment on our whirlwind tour. After Lyon, we traveled through the...
Winnie Graybard
Sep 19, 2021
Fortnight in France -- Partie Un
The main reason we moved to Portugal last year was to allow us to travel freely and extensively throughout Europe. This year has been a...
Winnie Graybard
Sep 19, 2021
Back to Sintra
A few weeks back, we took a trip to Sintra with a guide to get an overview of all the UNESCO World Heritage sites in this town....
Winnie Graybard
Aug 12, 2021
Random Thoughts and Observations
So many little things are different here but we've just slowly gotten used to them. For example: crosswalks. At or near every...
Winnie Graybard
Aug 8, 2021
Trains, Trams, and TukTuks
We spent most of the day on Tuesday going into Lisbon. We took our beloved BusCas (a bus that makes a loop around Cascais and stops just...
Winnie Graybard
Jul 29, 2021
Walks with Chili (the International Dog of Mystery)
Here is the latest portrait of our fuzzy little world traveler. She was very alert in this photo because she was lobbying for her dinner....
Winnie Graybard
Jul 13, 2021
Weekend on the Silver Coast of Portugal
Chili wakes me up early for breakfast every day and I am able to catch some of the beautiful views that start my day. Every day I am...
Winnie Graybard
Jul 8, 2021
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