It’s been a while since my last post. I kind of fell back into normalcy after I got back home in the beginning of December. Some things at home felt nice and easy, like warm water coming from the tap practically instantly and having an oven for example. But the winter and darkness was not […]
I’m back home now. The apartment looks like a mess with the life of the past four months spread on the floor and tables. And I’m tired, because it was a long trip. A nice Tuesday in Bad Bentheim I finally saw the castle in Bad Bentheim and it was actually much bigger and more […]
I’m back to my old neighborhood in Germany again. The trip up this far has gone very smoothly. I arrived here on Saturday evening already and have been mainly seeing friends and old colleagues so far. Work and drive Wednesday I still worked from just north of Lisbon in Alverca. I had previously marked two […]
It’s hard to believe (and even to accept), but the time has come to head back home. These have been quite the sixteen weeks and this won’t be the end of the story. I’m at the campsite in Lisbon for another night and tomorrow in the evening I’ll start the journey back. A visit to […]
Last weekend was full of beautiful views and tastes. I told you earlier that I tried visiting Porto on my way down. Due to all the parking spots being full that didn’t work out then, but now it went like a charm. On the same trip we visited the port wine area of Douro valley […]
Two weeks have gone by since my last post. There’s not been that much new to tell really, but I’ll sum the past two weeks in this post. Switching between Baleal and Caparica As I mentioned in the last post, I went to Baleal with Ana for a weekend and we did some sightseeing there. […]
Throat trouble I mentioned fever in my last post. Luckily it was a short thing, but after it went away my throat really started hurting. On Monday it got so bad I couldn’t sleep much and my ear started bothering me too. Tuesday I decided it was enough and went to see a doctor. After […]
Giving up on Spain One of the goals of my trip was learning Spanish. I’m still doing it with Duolingo, but learning it in a real environment is not going to happen this trip. Life here is just too comfortable. I remember complaining to Ville at the beginning of the trip that I was afraid […]
I’ve already mentioned that I have been reading a lot this trip. A little over two months and twelve books so far. There’s one book I have to tell you a little bit more about, because it somehow clicked with me more than anything recently. I’ll try not to spoil it too much and concentrate […]
Weather update Two weeks ago it really felt like the summer was going away. But this week I’ve had to work from outside Naranja again. Even here on the coast the temperatures have been close to 30 Celsius. The wind has calmed down a lot too. But there’s a weird gloominess especially in the evenings […]