Eye Doctors On Terceira May 8, 2023 Howdy friends! I have a question specifically for those of you on Terceira who wear BIFOCALS and those of you who got your prescription from your optometrist (as in you ACTUALLY GOT A PAPER COPY of your prescription). So, backstory: My doctor at CSAH told me I needed … Read more
Bureaucracy & Portugal January 13, 2023. To those considering a move to Portugal: You’ve no doubt heard about the bureaucracy here. It’s usually mentioned in connection to the immigration process. But here’s one area not discussed, and if you’re moving here with young kids you should be aware of it. We moved here in the … Read more
Credit Cards on Terceira December 24, 2022. We use our Visa as much as possible, because it gets us points/miles/whatever, which we use for vacations. Here on Terceira, credit cards don’t seem to have caught on. It’s always a big song and dance to figure out whether or not a place accepts Visa or if … Read more
Ribeirinha + Hike Up Pico da Dona Joana 12 Jan, 2022 Today Alicia and I did a fun walk through Ribeirinha, Feteira, and a lot of cow pastures on our way to Pico da Dona Joana. Wikipedia explains it in dry statistical language as: … um cone vulcânico de escórias basálticas, constituído por piroclastos negros relativamente … Read more