Gail Aguiar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 525 )

• Porto Through My Lens

  

  Capela das Almas My time away in the UK was incredibly enriching, but an unexpectedly busy couple of days back sent me on a long detour from writing about the... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Due North

  

  This is my wrap-up post for January, as I’ll be on the road until the calendar turns. I’m heading due north to colder climes, for a round of visiting friends... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Bacalhau Com Todos, Take 2

  

  A year ago — almost to the day — I posted about this Portuguese dish called Bacalhau com todos (“with everything”). I was warming up to it at the time because,... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Joan Miró Exhibit @ Serralves, Porto

  

  Two Sundays ago, we attended the popular Joan Miró exhibit “Materiality and Metamorphosis” at the Casa de Serralves on its last free day. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Summer Postcards From The Douro Valley

  

  This is another installment of pictures taken last August while in the Douro Valley, an area of Portugal so rich in imagery that this marks the fifth post from... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 2.5 Hours In Porto

  

  Miradouro da Vitória If you only have two and half hours to show your city to first-time visitors, what do you show them? It was a challenge, but the sun was... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Street Art @ LXFactory, Lisbon

  

  The urban renewal project that is LXFactory, in Alcântara under the 25 de Abril Bridge, has been a growing hive of creativity for the better part of the last... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Scenery From Madeira

  

  Pico da Torre As winter continues apace, I intend to show more photos of Portugal’s subtropical island of Madeira. It may appear small on a map, but the... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Gardens Of Serralves In Winter, 2017 Edition

  

  It wasn’t until we were on our way to Serralves last Sunday to see the Joan Miró exhibit that I realized that it’s been two whole years since our last winter... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Chicken Curry, By Our Couchsurfer

  

  Are you cold? Eat curry. Better yet, eat curry made by someone who knows curry. Our couchsurfer is from Pakistan (but he lives in Germany) and offered to cook,... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Porto, Before The Christmas Lights Turn Off

  

  Largo de São Domingos, the bottom of Rua das Flores Friday was The Epiphany, and I expected this weekend to be my last chance to shoot the Christmas lights... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Portuguese Christmas/New Year Table

  

  In this post-Christmas/New Year week, digestive systems are slowly returning back to normal. If you’ve spent the holidays in Portugal, you know of what I speak! Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Reflections On The Saône River, Lyon

  

  The week between Christmas and New Year was business-as-usual for some folk in Lyon, but many of the small to medium-sized operations were shuttered for either ... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Nightshots From Lyon

  

  Now that January is upon us, I’ll be the first to acknowledge that this month can be a tough one to get through, after all the festivity of December. Lots of... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Happy New Year, Porto!

  

  A new year brings a new view of Porto in this recently-shot video of the city from the sky. Whether you’ve never been to Porto before and would like a preview o... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Christmas Scenes From Porto

  

  Last post of 2016! I’ll post some pics or video clips from Lyon when possible to Instagram and the Facebook page. Enjoy the holidays! Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Postcards From Porto Santo

  

  In the middle of our trip to the island of Madeira, we took a day trip to the second, smaller island of Porto Santo, which was a nostalgia tour for Paulo and a... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Conversation About Rice

  

  “Oh dear.” I’ve been working all weekend and Paulo commandeered the kitchen. I heard some banging around, but I’ve been absorbed in work and not in what he was... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Timid Seafood-Eater’s Tip For Trying Limpets

  

  Have you ever tried lapas before? The English name is limpets, and I had to ask what they were. On second thought, I should’ve just tried them before eating... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Rainbows Over Madeira

  

  While my friends in North America and the northern parts of Europe are posting pictures of snow, I’m posting pictures of rainbows. (There are two here, can you... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL