Gail Aguiar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 525 )

• Sandes De Pernil @ Casa Guedes

  

  Confession: I’m allergic to queues, especially for food. Even in cities like Toronto or New York where restaurant queuing is a mainstream recreational... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 31

  

  Family gatherings in Portugal are always accompanied by copious amounts of food, and birthdays are no exception. Regular Sunday gatherings go on for hours,... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Portugal Wins Its First Eurovision Song Contest In 2017

  

  Portugal finally has its moment in Eurovision after 53 years (their highest finish was sixth place), and the country gets a chance to host the contest next year... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Darth Vader Busking In Ribeira

  

  Since it’s Friday and my work week has yet to end officially, I’m going with a bit of local colour. Darth Vader’s tip box says: “ALL PROCEEDS GO TO NEW... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Porto’s Cortejo Académico 2017: Videos

  

  This post deserves more commentary, but I need to shut off my brain for a while. So, without further ado, I refer you to the Cortejo Académico 2014 post, which... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Mother’s Day Picnic At Jardim Das Virtudes

  

  Mãe (let’s pretend the ‘A’ has a tilde) Trying to get my mother-in-law out of her kitchen requires military tactical skill, but she relents on a few occasions... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Visiting Porto? Bring Comfortable Shoes

  

  This actually applies to most of Portugal, but let’s start with Porto, shall we? I took some pictures last month that reminded me to inform my upcoming... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Sunset In Esposende

  

  On Monday we made a dinner stop in Esposende (Braga District) on our return south from the long weekend in Galicia and gained back the hour we lost in Spain,... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Introducing Porto Photo Fest 2017

  

  It’s high time I revealed some of the projects that have been taking over my life keeping me busy since last year, starting with the biggest one by far: I’m... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Long Weekend In Galicia

  

  We’re back late from spending the May 1st long weekend in Galicia, with meal stops in Portugal — Valença on the way there and Esposende on the way back. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Beyond Tourism: Showing Porto As An Expat

  

  I show Porto to visitors all year round, but May seems to be an especially favoured month for visiting, probably because of seat sale seasonality. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Penela Da Beira, The Spring Edition

  

  It’s been a while since we were at the home village for Easter — three years, in fact. In 2015 we went to Montesinho, last year Paulo was sick and we stayed... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• At Large In Leça Da Palmeira

  

  Our friends from Madrid dropped by Porto on their way to the Azores earlier this month, and my goal was to include as much sightseeing as they had energy for... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Carnation Day

  

  Today is a national holiday in Portugal: 25 de Abril, aka Day of Liberty, Carnation Day, Revolution Day. On this day in 1974, the authoritarian regime, Estado... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Sunset At Praia Do Cabo Do Mundo

  

  One of the joys of living along a western coastline is watching the sun set over an ocean horizon. Living on the beach in Vancouver, I did this often — in... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 75

  

  My father-in-law celebrated a milestone birthday, while my mother-in-law fed the clan to the gills at Mother-in-Law Restaurante, as is her custom. It started ou... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Golden Hour In The Douro Valley

  

  Every time we go to the home village of Penela da Beira we pass through the Douro Valley, and if we are lucky this pass coincides with Golden Hour. Last Sunday... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Turbine Art In Moimenta Da Beira, By Vasconcelos and Vhils

  

  Two of the biggest names in the Portuguese art world, Joanna Vasconcelos and Vhils (street artist Alexandre Farto), were commissioned to put their unique... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Three-Castle Easter Weekend

  

  Penedono Castle Because nothing says Easter like castles, right? I don’t know how we ended up at three in two days, but that’s how it turned out as we toured... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Homage To The Emigrant

  

  This statue in Marco de Canaveses caught my eye when we were there in February, because I could guess what it was about before looking at the title. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL