Hey everybody,
Greetings on this beautiful morning. Temp here is about 65 and it is sunny. We made it through another "grueling" week! Last night we went out to eat with our friends from next door, the Voelkers, at Chili's ... yes, that Chili's. Same decor, similar menu (some in Portuguese), English speaking waiter, U.S. music (which is quite common in many stores and malls), etc.. .. We almost forgot where we were for a while. Except for the prices (higher here), it was a Friday night at home.
Today we went back to Portugal to an outdoor market called the fiera) where we bought slippers for me, Nancy bought some boots (very cool), and some odds and ends like salmon steaks, bread, snack and sweet stuff. We then went to one of the nearly ubiquitous malls for some necessities. Nancy missed her coffee this am so I bought her a cappacino at one of the literally 100's coffee shops that abound in this part of the world. She had not tried one yet. You should have seen her eyes light up! I think I will have to buy more of them for her. Thankfully they only cost about $ 2 here so it is not as bad as going to Starbucks.
Nina is off with her friends, both Portuguese and American, to the mall for the afternoon. Then they are going to walk to downtown Lisbon to see what we have been told are spectacular Christmas light decorations.
Pray for us as we get ready to visit Romania and Kati's birth family (mother and brother plus others) right after Christmas. We are excited but a bit nervous as well. We plan to return to Lisbon Dec 31 just in time to welcome in the New Year on Greenwich Mean Time.
I am going to add a couple of pictures to our Thanksgiving vacation since I have the newer photos to share
Mike
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