Julie Dawn Fox in Portugal http://juliedawnfox.com Discovering the delights of living and travelling in Portugal Sun, 19 May 2013 06:13:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tell us about your expat life and travels in Portugal, Celia Balmer http://juliedawnfox.com/2013/05/19/celia-balmers-expat-life-and-travels-in-portugal/ http://juliedawnfox.com/2013/05/19/celia-balmers-expat-life-and-travels-in-portugal/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 06:13:52 +0000 Julie Dawn Fox http://juliedawnfox.com/?p=6378 This week’s guest likes Portugal so much she decided to move here. Like me, she’s thoroughly enjoying the countryside around her home in central Portugal...

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