Valentine’s Day seems the perfect time to mention the wonderful embroidered handkerchiefs of love from Northern Portugal. You can find these delightful pieces, or products inspired by them, in most souvenir shops in Portugal but they used to serve a practical purpose in the romantic lives of people from the MinhoRead More →
It’s coming up to Mimosa time in Portugal so I’ve skipped a few letters in my Personal A to Z of Portugal to get to M is for Mimosa. Find out more about why these trees are so pretty but such a pest in Portugal.Read More →
Another Personal A to Z of Portugal post. This one looks at Portugal’s most famous musical genre, fado. Some people love it, some hate it – here are some of the reasons why.Read More →
Part of my ‘Personal A-Z of Portugal’ series of posts, ‘E’ is about eucalyptus trees in Portugal.Read More →
Part of my ‘Personal A-Z of Portugal’ series of posts. D is for Daisy, the rescue dog we adopted from the municipal kennels in Coimbra.Read More →
Part of the Personal A-Z of Portugal series of posts, ‘C’ is about the popularity of cabbage in Portugal.Read More →
On my very first trip to Lisbon in 2006, I discovered a sweet, herby liqueur and promptly fell in love with it. And with Lisbon, of course. It took a while to learn the name; I’m a visual language learner and need to see things written down before they stick.Read More →
Note from Julie: This blog post was the first in My Personal A to Z of Portugal series, which I started in 2012 as a way of reflecting on life in Portugal. Look downhill from my balcony and you’ll see a U-bend of the River Alva flowing past our house beforeRead More →
A weekend of mushroom fun and festivities in Alcaide, Portugal.Read More →
