Happy New Year from Cascais

It is another sunny day here. However, the COVID restrictions don't allow us to venture out after 1 p.m. for the next few days so we're staying close to home. On Wednesday, we went to the town's farmer's market that is held twice a week. We will definitely be regular visitors. On Wednesdays, they also have a flea market of sorts which was interesting the browse.

The market itself is under a huge tent and has several shops along one side such as a butcher, a bread shop, fish market, flower stall, and a pastry shop which I can attest makes excellent cookies. There are also restaurants and cafes around the market so it is nice to go and grab a snack or lunch to make the shopping trip complete.

Here are some more things we've learned:

- One can buy a very nice bottle of regional red wine in the grocery store for about 5 euros ($6).

- One can have four beers and four glasses of wine at a little cafe near one's home for 10 euros ($12).

- At a lovely pastry shop near this little cafe, one can buy amazing rolls for 16 cents each. The pastry shops are going to kill me.

- When one does not have a clothes dryer, a load of laundry takes between 48 to 72 hours to dry on a drying rack in one's apartment. (Dryers are just not a thing here in Portugal.)

We wish all of you all the best in 2021. Get that vaccination and come to visit.