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O is for Olhão
From its situation on the Ria Formosa, it was always obvious that Olhão would make a fine fishing port. The town’s growth was enabled by a large spring or olho … Continue reading →
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P is for Porto
You knew it was coming! The final post on my visit to Porto. Just one more time I’m going to take you there, and try to capture the impact it … Continue reading →
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T is for the Tavira Vase
Now this may not be what you’re expecting, but I’m well aware that I’ve filled pages with the delights of Tavira, in Portugal’s Eastern Algarve. So I thought I’d dedicate … Continue reading →
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G is for Grażyna
Grażyna is the daughter of Dad’s oldest living brother, my Uncle Włodek. He lives in Zgorzelec, and this post just seemed to follow on naturally from that one. Grażyna was … Continue reading →
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Z is for Zgorzelec and Zakopane
I expect some of you have heard of Zakopane, in the Tatry Mountains in Poland? Zgorzelec, maybe not, but it is a town of great significance for me. It’s the … Continue reading →
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J is for João and “javali”
João 1 was King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1385 to 1433. He came to the throne after a 2 year period of political anarchy, when Castile was laying … Continue reading →
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M is for Mariacki and Marysia
One of my very first sights when I visited Poland for the first time was the Mariacki Church. The splendour of the Rynek Główny in Kraków, Europe’s largest market square, is crowned … Continue reading →
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W is for Writing and becoming a freelance writer
Some of you know that as well as writing about Portugal on this blog and elsewhere, I’ve been teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) for many years. Long enough … Continue reading →
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R is for “rodzina”
Rodzina is the Polish word for family, and what an important word it is. For many years “Polish family”, to me, meant just Dad. My English mother, Nancy, has been … Continue reading →
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U is for Ursula, Ursulines and “urodziny”
There was another Ursula in the family, Dad’s older sister, whom I never met. Over the years I have seen an assortment of photos, but know little of her history, … Continue reading →
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