Winter in Portugal is wet and cold! Of course everyone is saying this is the coldest and wettest they can remember...just our luck. But at least we feel like "real" missionaries now, as we huddle in our apartment each evening. We did sometimes feel a little guilty calling ourselves missionaries when the weather was so beautiful and we were sight seeing at some of the loveliest beaches in Europe.
The homes here are made of concrete and tile...great for hot weather...not great for cold damp weather. Of course the problem is worse because there is no central heat in most of the homes. We have five space heaters in our apartment but we can only turn on two at a time because the electricity blows out with more than that. We have asked our landlord to let us get more "juice" coming into the house...a simple procedure...but he is old school Portugese and doesn't see any reason for it.
This morning I noticed mold was growing on one wall of our small bathroom, I thought mold needed warm damp air to grow..who knew! I don't mean to complain...but really I'm looking forward to some warm weather again. I've been wearing my long johns to school this week and they feel pretty good. I couldn't quite understand why Mike suggested we bring them. Now I know why. At least our school has central heat...a real plus for going to work each morning.
We have all gotten back into a routine after our whirl-wind travels in December. It was great last weekend to spend a morning cleaning the kitchen...Mike calls it my theraputic cleaning... in the afternoon I finished a book and then took a nap. I think we all needed some R and R.
I will try to get back to a regular routine of blogging. We have some fun trips planned in the coming months so stay tuned.
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