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Portugal Life
Articles on many aspects of life in Central Portugal.
We welcome your articles to be included here, please email your submissions to sophie@pureportugal.co.uk.
Hidden Gems of Portugal NEW!
Beyond easy reach of international airports lie the true hidden gems of Portugal. Rumours abound of diabolical driving on hair-raising roads, but is it all just a hoax to protect the peace and tranquility that we've found out here, nestled in the hills? Not entirely ...
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Technopeasant
I've just been talking to one of the local shepherds. He wanted to know if we like sheep's cheese, and because we do, he has promised to bring us two big cheeses next week, in exchange for us letting him graze his animals on our lower terraces. Standing there, in the sun, the sound of the sheep bells jingling I couldn't help but think "what a fantastic life we live" ...
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Taking it Easy on the Road to Self Sufficiency
Many people who make the move to rural Portugal aspire to a degree of self-sufficiency. For some a few rows of vines and a couple of chickens will suffice but others will settle for nothing less than full wine, cheese, oil, vegetable and meat production. Some are fulfilling a lifelong ambition and others a more recent dream. For me it was a little of both. I remember as a child drawing plans of farms with square fields full of matchstick cows ...
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Paradise in Portugal
I have always loved the satisfied hiss of air brakes on big trucks when they reach journeys end. Today, I liked the sound even more; it meant we had arrived. Steve, my husband, jumped down from the truck, and after stretching his limbs, gave a little sideways leap and clicked his heels as he walked towards me looking jubilant. "We've done it, we've arrived". I wound down the window excitedly ...
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Reducing the Risk of Forest Fire
Moving abroad is a time of change. You change your language, your culture, your food, your social circle and just about everything else. And with your new home comes the challenge of a new garden. There's no point in trying to transplant your Northern European garden habits and ideals to a Mediterranean climate. Instead you should embrace the new opportunities being presented to you ...
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Portuguese School: Pete & Billy's Experience
I had to take my 7 year old (8 in November) for his 1st morning in school today. He was a brave little soldier until we got into the classroom. I nearly brought him home with me as not a person in his school speaks English. I dont mind admitting I had a good cry when I got back to my apartment, wondering what the hell I had done. I was dreading picking him up at 12. Anyway, noon arrives and out of the classroom he pops...
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