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It’s That Time of Year Once Again…

This town really knows how to celebrate! We have just concluded celebrating The Day of the Dead, with multiple parades, flower-adorned doorways, painted faces, costumes, and lots and lots of fireworks! This week, we celebrate the US expat community's Thanksgiving. We've had the Canadian celebration; this coming Thursday, we will celebrate ours. Don't want to …

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IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS…

....everywhere I go in Portugal, with colorful lights sparkling and holiday decorations filling the windows of shops and restaurants.  The above is a photo of my Christmas 'bough.'  It's not a whole tree, just a limb from a pine tree growing in the backyard of the parents of my landlord Jorge's beautiful wife, Maria Joáo. …

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