A Brand New Life

Life in Portugal so far

City Center pointing you in the direction of your next adventure. Also the signs in the middle of Serra D’el Rei, my new town. Photo by the author.

When I was in my 20s, I had this dream of expat life. My dream was to live aboard my sailboat and island hop across the Caribbean, working in bars or on boats as needed. It was a romantic idea, one that formed out of Jimmy Buffet’s Banana Republic.

These days, my reality as an expat is a little different. For one, I am mostly retired and have no interest in working in…