Another crafternoon for me yesterday with our little group of arty friends. The last one you might remember is the sip and paint, which was basically painting together with copious amounts of wine. Could art get any more fun!? This time around it was gelli plate printing which is something that is completely new to …
Apparently Sip and Paint events are growing very popular in the UK. One of our friends daughters had a great time doing one for her hen party. There are so many creative people here and I have a lovely circle of friends who are all so talented and we enjoy getting together and crafting. So …
We had a snow day and it was so much fun! As we were sat in our favourite local cafe, Cafe Central, in the village, having our post school drop off coffee with friends we were watching the Portuguese news channel of the treacherous weather up at the Serra de Estrela mountain, just over an …
So Christmas this year was a very different experience to usual... for some reason, after a dinner and few drinks ( a lot of drinks) some of our friends and us decided it would be a great idea to open a bar for the Christmas festival in the village. Always wise to discuss these things …
Continue reading We Opened a Bar for Christmas- Penamacor Vila Madeiro
It's common knowledge that here in Portugal there is a huge industry of wine making. Not only wine making for resale but for their own consumption. Most Portuguese people make their own wine at home, once a year when it's grape harvesting season they will spend a day picking, squeezing and then it's left to …
Continue reading Grape picking and wine making- A very Portuguese day.
Once a year our friends go all out for their sons birthday and build the absolute best water slide! As we haven't been here for too many years this was the first one we went to... and it was insane. https://youtu.be/SDJbtTmHu9o They spend a few days preparing the ground and building a water slide down …
Continue reading Ever wanted to build a waterslide in your back garden?
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