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PORTUGUESE PARADISE

April 6, 2013 The Portuguese people are warm, polite and welcoming, so  even cool, blustery, wet March weather couldn’t spoil our  five week stay in Costa de Caparica, a beach town across the Tagus River from Lisbon. We  arrived in Lisbon after an eighteen-day repositioning cruise from Miami to Venice, …

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FRYING IN FLORENCE

February 26, 2013 Today it’s snowing in Paris, there are blizzards in Phoenix, and it’s not very warm here in Lisbon, Portugal, …

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BON APPÉTIT 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tim and I are grateful for the joys that 2012 brought us, and especially for our new friends from …

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ROAD TRIP TO THE RENAISSANCE

Although people may think that we are on a permanent vacation, let me assure you that  our home free life is not …

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FAWLTY FRENCH TOWERS

Our evacuation dance is becoming more graceful.   Fewer bits turn up at the last minute, but  forgotten  shoes  peeking out from …

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TWO THOUSAND NEW FRIENDS

Thank you for subscribing to this website. I will be forever grateful to The Wall Street Journal for publishing  my article,  which …