Yearly sanity trip to Portugal.....

....not merely due to such dreadful Maine winter weather. And more than just having to put up with such a crazy US POTUS. ( Even though I applaud some of the promises he"s actually keeping, as some of us have blogged on here.) Actually working on dual citizenship, based on family ties here. Spoke the Azorean Portuguese dialect as a boy, growing up in an Island community near Boston, but it slowly disappeared over the years, being replaced by other tongues. But the passive vocabulary remains, so I'm learning, via Duo Lingo on line, and total immersion here. And my cousins who have been successful with this goal, tell me the bureaucratic Portuguese migration language exam is murder, even for such a one in a kind brilliant homem such as I---well, perhaps Trump is just a bit more intelligent. But I digress. Not for everyone, the life here, ---thin jacket winter climate, cobblestone streets, outdoor cafes, public organic markets, decent art and university scene, lovely people, simpler life style, deadly crazy drivers, adorable women, men much less attractive than me, white wine to die for (reds are just OK), great 5.0 beer, killer 420-for those unlike me, interesting flora and fauna for backpacking, incredible local food, and all at the lowest prices in western Europe. But don't take my word for it. VISIT some day---very affordable vacations, if done like the disturbingly cheap bastard that I am. Mr. Prenuptial Man-Vierk.
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Will you return speaking like a "portuguesinho"?... laugh laugh bouquet lips
Sim senhora, mais mas como um Robertinho.
Jajajajajajajaajjaja... Eu estou impressionada!... bouquet lips
all sounds good vierk enjoy as you would have to climb over at least 9 blogs pertaining to Trump doh

Kinda pathetic but each to his own patheticness dunno is that a word, well it is mine it fitting for blogs at the moment. laugh laugh
Well, every one, Trump certainly has major liabilities. Wish there were fewer, and wish it was a perfect world. But he is accomplishing many things as promised, which sets him apart from earlier talk and never do POTUS'S. No conviction, and reelection. More judges, same killer economy, China more tractable, etc. Then Nikki or Mr. Pence. Dems in such disorder,for my remaining years, it really will be MAGA.
Four-Cheese-High, where about in Portugal are you? - Porto or Lisboa? I intend to visit before this summer.
I will have to get over there someday.
Four cheese high? I always read it as fierce scotch... Scotch is pretty fierce at the best of times.
There's a time difference between Spain and Portugal, the locals here have a saying " when you cross the border into Portugal you need to set your watch back 20 years)" rolling on the floor laughing
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Retired, but busy. Years left to enjoy. Handy, curious, multilingual (German, French, Spanish, learning Portuguese). Love animals. Live on a salt water ocean bay just south of Canada. Angling off the rocky beach. Mussels. Watching the oceans reclaim [read more]

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