Gail Aguiar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 525 )

• Porto’s Vintage Trams

  

  Porto’s historic center has more than historic buildings, there are also three vintage tram routes operating daily: Tram 1 from Infante to Passeio Alegre (the... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Winter In Vancouver: Not The Canada Most Foreigners Expect

  

  When we returned from our Christmas trip to Vancouver and I showed a few pictures, friends and family at this end expressed surprise at how un-winterlike it... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Bacalhau Com Natas

  

  It’s been months since I last made bacalhau com natas (codfish with cream) but this is a pretty good batch, if I do say so myself. The last time I documented... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Daylight Saving Time: Sleep In The Sun

  

  This cat could give a master class in relaxation. We couldn’t believe just how asleep it was, considering this window is beside a set of public stairs in Vila... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Many Faces of Ice The Dog

  

  It could be said that my Instagram account ought to be renamed Ice the Dog’s Instagram account, because it’s very much a photo album of his daily life mixed wit... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Scenes From Portugal’s Silver Coast

  

  Praia de Mira This is a continuation to the preview a couple of weeks ago of our day trip down the Silver Coast. I’m swimming in pictures, so I thought I’d... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Sunset At Praia De Angeiras Sul

  

  The Spring Album has finally begun, and the first batch of pictures is from a stretch of beach called Praia de Angeiras Sul in the municipality of Matosinhos... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Alls Well That Ends Well, Even A 30-Hour Unexpected Journey

  

  Time to un-pause before our next pause, which would be right now except — well, read on and you’ll see. We were supposed to take a road trip after the wedding... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A German Pause

  

  I’m hitting the paws button on the blog to make a brief trip to Germany to attend a wedding. For the first time ever, I have a role that isn’t as photographer,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Street Art In Porto: March Madness

  

  AN.FI.TRI.ÃO by Frederico Soares Campos (aka Frederico Draws) My March picture folder is virtually bursting at the seams with street art, which means it’s time... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Signs of Spring Around Porto

  

  Of course, there are other signs of spring besides flowers, but the rabbits and swallows didn’t show up for this blog post. I’m jumping the gun here, since... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Busker

  

  I’ve seen this fellow play his trumpet in Ribeira and at the bottom of Avenida dos Aliados, but this is the first time I’ve photographed him at Praça de Gomes... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Fine Day To Show Porto

  

  It’s still officially winter, but we had a spring-like day instead. Which is extremely lucky for our Canadian visitor who flew from Vancouver to Lisbon and had... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Sunset On The Silver Coast

  

  We took advantage of fabulous weather today to make a day trip down the Silver Coast, before heading back north to my in-laws’ for dinner. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Igreja Antiga De São Bartolomeu Do Mar, Esposende

  

  This little church with the big name in the municipality of Esposende (north of Porto), along the Caminho de Santiago, has quite a history. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Porto Street Art: A Winter Mix

  

  by Hazul, Passeio das Virtudes (Miragaia) Most of the street art photos in my Porto collection are taken by phone enroute to an appointment, posted to Instagram... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Peek Inside Cooperativa Árvore

  

  I’ve walked by Árvore Cooperativa de Actividades Artísticas countless times, but this was the first time I popped inside — albeit briefly, because I had Ice... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Chasing The Sunset To Foz Do Douro

  

  After our jaunt at Parque da Cidade on Saturday, we followed the sun to the beach… as one does once the temperature drops sharply in the shade. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Postcards From Caminha

  

  When we took our day trip to the Minho region the other weekend, the clouds parted before the sunset as we were in Caminha, set at the mouth of the Minho River... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Parque Da Cidade In Winter

  

  Parque da Cidade (City Park) is Porto’s largest park; it is also the largest urban park in Portugal. Those 83 hectares are usually quite peaceful during... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL