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Jogo da Malha – Jogos Tradicionais
A few weeks ago we returned to Praia do Vale dos Homens to show friends the pair of white storks we’d discovered nesting on an outcrop of rocks. As we drove through the back streets of the sleepy...
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Is Bullfighting “Wrong”?
The theme for this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is “Wrong”. I often reflect on the heated and ongoing debate about the traditional spectacle of bullfighting which is popular in several...
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Boa Páscoa – Happy Easter!
Folar da Páscoa – Traditional Portuguese Easter Bread I don’t have any pictures of Easter Bunnies or Easter Eggs, so hope a picture of Folar da Páscoa will suffice. I’d planned to drag Mr. Piglet along...
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Feira da Sopa in Rogil
We’ve attended many fairs and festivals in Portugal, however this has to rank as not only the most interesting but the most humbling lesson in social integration and how welcoming a small community can...
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Portuguese Heritage – Fado
The theme for this week’s WordPress photo challenge is Heritage. Thinking of the words ‘heritage’ and ‘Portugal’ in the same sentence the first thing that comes to mind is Fado. We were fortunate to...
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