Category: one second everyday

ah, september! the summer starts to wind down slowly as kids return to school, and the algarve is left to its own.

the mediterranean diet fair took place, and we saw bits of it, including a few concerts. and then we packed and took the train north, to help with family stuff. there was chefs on fire — a neat outdoor event in which we filled our bellies with nice food, hung out with friends and saw concerts. also, the house painting started, and i came south to oversee its beginning but then quickly went back north again. all in all, a good month, with lots of music, friends & family… and lots of getting sick on trains, my new speciality *sigh*.

july had a lot destruction in it…

… but also nice sunrises, movies with friends, walks on the beach and in town at sundown, concerts and cold showers!

hello june!

most of it was spent at the in-laws, so there’s a lot of bucolic life, doctor appointments and relatives swinging by. but also nice food that i associate with the north and a reprieve from the southern heat — the rain was most welcome! and then towards the end of the month we came back home, to celebrate st. john’s with the parents who had been “housesitting” for us. they were gone shortly after we came, and we just rested and caught up on life. it was a tough month, and i was glad to be back home by the end of it.

may feels like a million years ago… so much has happened since then that if it wasn’t for the videos, i don’t think i would be able to recall half of the stuff we did.

we walked and walked… sometimes in my new birkenstocks (which were a bit painful to break into). disinfected the house and washed all the things when we found out the boy was allergic to dust mites. tried to make burek at home. watched eurovision. read quite a bit. met heidi, a friend from finland that was in town. went to the islamic fest in mértola at last. cooked noodles. re-watched the matrix movies. and then drove north to help the family.