Gail Aguiar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 525 )

• For The Bibliophiles

  

  If you are a book lover, here are two beautiful collections on display: a museum library in Prague and a bookstore in Bucharest. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2024 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Restaurante CHAMA: With Food and Friends, Who Needs A Menu?

  

  Here be photos from two rounds of eating at CHAMA, a Porto restaurant with no menu but loads of personality, a wood oven, and lively staff.… Restaurante CHAMA:... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2024 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Vignettes From A Week In Occitania (South of France)

  

  We explored the Occitania region of southeastern France for a week at the beginning of October 2023. Here's a gallery of highlights from the trip. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2024 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Fresh Lisbon Pics, Thanks To A New Passport

  

  Two Embassy runs later, I have a new passport and fresh pictures of Lisbon (post-renovations).… Fresh Lisbon Pics, Thanks To A New Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2023 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Barcelona Fever Dream

  

  If you clicked through to this post expecting to hear me prattle on about the beauty of Barcelona, the architectural curiosity that is Park Güell and the other... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2023 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Snippets of Armenia

  

  I couldn't return from Armenia without showing some photos straight away. It is an unheralded destination for tourism—among the people I know—as it is a small... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2023 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Summer’s Last Sighs In Santo Tirso

  

  A wedding at a church, outdoor café tables brimming with people, kids riding around on scooters… my little corner of Europe feels more like the “days of yore”... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2021 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Scenes From Caldas Da Rainha

  

  This post is to give a glimpse of Caldas da Rainha through a smattering of photos I took around town, pre-pandemic. Caldas is known for its fabulous produce... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Happy New Year From Quarantine, Day 11

  

  Filing this post under: Things I Could Not Have Predicted One Year Ago Yes, that is a pinball machine. I’m quarantined in what I like to call “The Clubhouse”... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• It’s The Most Bewildering Time Of The Year

  

  The title of this post is a nod to the Christmas classic made famous by Andy Williams’ dulcet tones. I’m sure there are a zillion covers of it, but his voice... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• We Left Covide, But We’re Still In COVID

  

  Yes, there is a village in Portugal with the current misfortune of a name that’s reviled in the world right now. We passed through Covide a bit less than two... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Americans Moving To Portugal: Here Are 50 Things You Should Know

  

  This post about tips for Americans moving to Portugal started off partly as a joke, written mostly in one sitting and in the form of a Public Service... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• After 7 Years In Portugal, My 7 Bits of Advice For Living Here

  

  With nearly the same number of years in Portugal as I had in Toronto, Portugal still holds far more novelty these days, but it's taken some weeks for the... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Chapel At Miramar And Bidding Adieu To Summer

  

  Capela do Senhor da Pedra, aka the Chapel at Miramar Beach, is one of my most favourite places in the Porto area but visiting it wasn't the original plan that... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• #EverydayPortugal, Month 9

  

  At the end of October 2018 I started a weekly series on my Facebook page called Everyday Portugal, with a installing calçadas in Funchal, Madeira so I could... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• New To Portugal? Here Are 60 Things You Should Know

  

  Yesterday was my 6-Year Anniversary in Portugal. You might've noticed that I wrote summary posts at the Year 1 and 2 marks and then the anniversary posts morphe... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• #EverydayPortugal, Month 8

  

  At the end of October 2018 I started a weekly series on my The comments in Facebook can be amusing. I've linked to the original post in the date underneath so... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Ice The Dog, At Large In Spain

  

  We've just returned from more than a week of exploring some new-to-me regions of Spain with Ice the Dog, who happily rolled in Spanish dirt and grass every day... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 17th Blogiversary

  

  17 is a significant number around Casa Aguiar these days. The blog turned 17 on July 28, but the bigger news is that Paulo is leaving his workplace after 17... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Sunday Lunch @ Mother-In-Law Restaurante

  

  It’s been a while since I posted food pictures from Mother-in-Law Restaurante, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to photograph these perfect iscas. The... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL