I’m jumping on a bandwagon! It’s not something I do very often (unless that particular bandwagon happens to contain chocolate…or cake!) but I’m taking this challenge if only because it might remind me to blog more often!
Julie Dawn Fox in Portugal’s Blog has inspired me to join in the “A-Z of Portugal” challenge. It looks like a pretty fun idea. I’m up for that!
So here’s my starter for one…well, A
A is for Anniversary.
This one is definitely very personal to us because today is our 18-month anniversary of being in Portugal and very approximately our 2-year anniversary of deciding to move away from England!
On returning from a 4 week trip to Australia (which I won’t bore you with details of, suffice to say the blog is here ) Nik and I decided, once and for all, that we definitely wanted leave the UK. Having no official skills or qualifications that could allow us entry into Australia, we knew it’d have to be somewhere EU based and Portugal seemed a sensible place to start looking as Nik’s sister had been here in the Algarve for some 8 years or so. Little did we know that it’d be both the first and last place we’d be looking!
So, after a solo recce mission mid January (just me) to check out the feasibility or schooling in Portugal, followed by family recce mission to decide on exact location, the scene was set.
12th July 2010, after months of sorting, purging, selling, donating and, of course, packing, we boarded our “off to a new life” flight to Faro, picked up our hire car and drove to our new home in Lagos.
I think it’s fairly safe to say that, bar a few ups and downs, we’ve never really looked back and, 18 months on, are just amazed at how far we’ve all come.
It’s amazing what opening your curtains to blue sky 99% of the year can do for morale!
Who wouldn’t want to live here?
Other bloggers are taking part in this A-Z of Portugal challenge also.
http://algarveblog.net/2012/01/11/a-personal-a-z-of-portugal/
http://pigletinportugal.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/my-a-z-of-portugal/
http://www.movingtoportugal.org/2012/01/my-personal-portugal-a-to-z/
http://restlessjo.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/a-is-for-alte/
The originator! http://juliedawnfox.com/2012/01/10/a-is-for-alva-the-river-alva/
Great you have joined us. Hopefully we have people in ALaska and Australia too! Will add your link to my blog
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Congratulations on your anniversary! here’s to many more happy sunny ones x
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Hoping to join in the fun too. It’s my husband’s birthday so it’s a good date.
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Congratulations on the anniversary. Funny that my A to Z of Australia started on the day after our 5th anniversary! I will be following your journey down the alphabet xx
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‘My personal A~Z of…’
As one of the “three musketeers” helping to set up this project, I thought it might be useful to set up a ‘hub page’ about ‘My Personal A ~ Z of…’ where we can all upload our country and blog details – and then add our A ~ Z posts. You can find this ‘hub page’ at http://algarveblog.net/my-personal-a-z/ and you can find the links to the ‘List of Countries’ page http://algarveblog.net/my-personal-a-z/a-z-list-of-countries/ and the ‘List of Blog Posts’ page http://algarveblog.net/my-personal-a-z/a-z-list-of-blog-posts-letters-af/ via these links. Or just click on my name above and it will take you to the web-site – you will see the tab on the top for ‘My Personal A ~ Z’
I have added you to the list – please let me know if any details are incorrect … and feel free to add the links to these pages to your blog and let everyone know – the more the merrier!
Please add a comment to any of the pages to have your details added or changed – and then please add your Blog Posts as you write them – you will also find this a useful place to find other Blog Posts for you to link to and enjoy reading. I’m happy to create a free jpeg logo for anyone that wants one for their country’s flag – or just make up your own!
This is a fab idea – thanks to Julie Dawn Fox for starting it all – let’s all link up and share each other’s blogs – and hope you all enjoy the ride!
Love Alyson
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