Gail Aguiar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 525 )

• The Moon And Sea

  

  Tonight was the final supermoon of 2016, and the only one I was able to photograph this year. Its appearance took me completely by surprise because I’d been... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Mountain Traffic In Madeira

  

  One of the major differences between the Portuguese islands of Madeira and São Miguel, 954 kilometres northwest in the Azores, is the cow population. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Christmas In Porto

  

  Every December, I try to get through the month as quickly as possible. December can’t go fast enough for me. This year, it really sped things up to travel for... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Magnificent Colours Of Madeira

  

  Ponta do Garajau Choosing a set of pictures to show the colours of Madeira would be a lot easier if there were fewer than 1,150+ files downloaded from the... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Let The Holiday Lights Officially Commence

  

  December 1 is a national holiday in Portugal: Restoration of Independence, 1640. Austerity measures removed the holiday in 2012, and today marks the return of... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The World On A Plate

  

  Disclaimer: a food stylist I am not. There’s a reason why I chuck all my food photos into Instagram, besides convenience. But I usually take more care in the... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Urban Street Art In Serra Da Estrela

  

  To recognize urban Porto street art up in the mountains of Serra da Estrela, 200km away from the coast and an altitude at least 1.7km higher, is like spotting... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Scenes From Fátima, Portugal

  

  Fátima, a town in Central Portugal which is best known for the alleged sightings of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children between 1916-1917, will be... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Playground With A View Of The Douro Valley

  

  Back in August, we took a trip to the Douro Valley and had lunch in the town of Resende, a town along the N222 on the south side of the Douro River. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Meet Mifune, Maine Coon Of Copenhagen

  

  I had the pleasure of meeting Mifune the Maine Coon a couple of months ago during my visit to Denmark. He’s as old as the hills, with a vintage fur coat. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Year Of Porto, In Black and White

  

  Casa Oriental, Porto (December 2015) In an attempt not to get buried in the noise of those annual wrap-up posts that float around the internet in December and... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Aliens In Porto

  

  There’s a tattoo artist in Porto named Hugo Sousa, aka aiem, who also makes street art around town in the form of aliens. This is his simplest work, but it neve... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Sunday Night Comfort Food

  

  Two Sundays a month, Paulo and I volunteer together at the same place where I volunteer during the week. I always feel very tired afterwards and that’s usually... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Holiday Lights In Porto

  

  Here are we are, six weeks from Christmas and the lights are going up around the city. The stores have had Christmas stock for weeks, but what’s more interestin... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Perna De Peru No Forno @ Mother-in-Law Restaurante

  

  What could be better for Sunday lunch than a homecooked meal? (Maybe brunch, but I’ve weaned myself off those. Mostly.) In case you’re wondering what peru is,... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Chestnuts Season

  

  Friday, November 11 was not just Remembrance Day, it was also Dia de São Martinho, or St. Martin’s Day, in Portugal and many other countries. St. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae, Recited by Leonard Cohen

  

  It’s a national holiday* today in Canada and other members of the Commonwealth: Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day, when World War I was officially... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Where’s A Time Travel Machine When You Need One?

  

  Like millions of other people in various time zones around the world, I got a rude awakening that wasn’t my alarm clock this time. I considered a few things,... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Leitão @ Casa Dos Leitões

  

  I’ve written about leitão (roasted suckling pig) before, and why it’s taken most of my life to acquire a taste for it. The reality is, leitão is a specialty dis... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Spirit of Portugal

  from Nathaniel Connella on Vimeo. I absolutely adore this video and its energy! It doesn’t even need an introduction — instead, I’ve quoted the description unde... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 EXPAT, TRAVEL