WSJ: Here’s What It’s Like to Retire to Portugal
Four years ago, with my adult daughters gone from the nest, it was time for me to fly, too. And even though I had never set foot in Portugal, I decided to retire to Lisbon.
It has paid off spectacularly.
Doubt it.
This lady will change her mind and move back to the US within the next four years. A person who moves to a foreign country that she’s never visited, is not a deep thinker.
Japan suffered deadliest month of bear attacks in history, with 7 deaths and 88 maulings in October
Alaska averages about one death by bear attack per year.
Because it’s Japan, there has to be some odd cultural practice they aren’t telling us. Like for Halloween, everybody dresses like bears to parade through the woods, or honey-scented backpacks are popular.
A new theme park is coming to Saudi Arabia thanks to MrBeast
Bill Gates has to be our worst billionaire. He started the Gates Foundation to fix intractable problems so everyone would love him. He managed to jam himself into tough problems, screw things up, then move on to the next problem. Just unbearable.
MrBeast is trying something fun.
Flying used to be fun. People dressed up, the stewardesses were posh, and everyone was a little excited.
President Trump Orders National Parks to Raise Fees on International Visitors
It was a bold choice to wear a straw boater hat for a serious backpacking trip, but it works. This is 1991, in Andalusia, Spain. Gorge, in the Wally Cleaver shirt, was a fun work friend, and Isabel, with the pink backpack, was my best friend and savior. The other four were friends of theirs.
My Spaniards and I were backpacking in the Sierra Nevada National Park. That seems like an unlikely name for a national park in Spain, but it means “snow covered mountains”.
The Running of the Bulls is scary fun, but there is one challenge that is beyond terrifying. Participants sit on the ground in front of a door that will be opened to admit a charging bull into the ring. That’s what it was like at my patio door at 8 am this morning.
In the comments, Marc mentioned how Sparky might appreciate doggie ice cream to help him handle the hot weather. That reminded me of the Fatima dogs of Portugal.
These dogs are fine. The Sanctuary of Fatima does not leave dead dogs in the square.
During the first week of June, we took the camper to Salt Fork State Park for a few days. There is something odd about the park, and it had nothing to do with the Summer Sasquatch trail run held that weekend. Apparently marketing Bigfoot sightings is a priority at Salt Fork State Park.
Spaniards are lovely people, but they think differently. It didn’t take much persuasion to get me to jump in the ring. I’m a “when in Rome” kind of guy.
Sparky and I aren’t pleased with the weather situation. Everything that looks like snow, is slick ice. Anything that looks greenish, is grass sticking out of slick ice. It’s worse than walking on a glacier.
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