Algarve has showed me more interesting stuff the past weeks. I also went away for some days to Spain this past week to meet a bunch of Finns. Now I’m back in Sagres, but I have someone I know from Sweden around again. Algarve Pizza Night This event has been one of the craziest and […]
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Christmas in Finland and New Places in Algarve
I have been a very lazy writer the past two months… I’ll try to recap some of the stuff that has happened since the last post and tell you a little about my future plans as well. Christmas in Finland I mentioned in my previous post that I would spend most of December in Finland. […]
A Trip to Ericeira and Goodbyes to New Friends
On Tuesday I left Baleal for the longest time so far. Petter talked me into it and I’m happy I went. He left for Lisbon on Friday and is flying back home on Tuesday. I drove back “home” to Baleal yesterday. Ericeira – so much prettier than I remembered I didn’t come to Ericeira at […]
Morning Meditation and Other Good Routines
I have wrote something about my routines before, but I also promised to go more into detail about one of them. I meditate every morning for a few minutes. It’s not a big success story and it’s not something that has made a huge difference at least so far. But I’ll tell you more below. […]
Rain, Wind and a New Parking Spot
The weather has been pretty constant the past week. Rain every day, but with some sunny moments in between. Surfing was doable from Sunday til Wednesday, but since today the wind and has been too much. I escaped from shaky sleeping to a paid parking in downtown Peniche. The alternator change went well even though […]
Turning Points with Weather, Surf and Luck
Looking at the last post now seems like I had it coming. It was like I jinxed it. The weather and surfing have become really tough. And maybe because of the weather acting up, I got some car trouble too. The fall rolling in big time The weather changed with a bang. There was quite […]
Surfsurfsurf and a New Toy
I decided to write a quick update even though there’s not that much news really. Just to keep the writing going and to introduce the latest toy I bought. Plenty of surfing and exceptionally good weather during the past weeks. Surfing update The surf has been really good except for the last two days. Strangely […]
Workcationing and a New Charity
I was browsing around on social media yesterday and learned a new word: workcation. In some ways it fits my way of life nicely. I also read an article that made me start giving away some money for a good cause. Also, I have now paid the fine that has been hanging over my head […]
How Has the New Gear Been Working?
In June I told you that I had bought a new bike and in July that I did some upgrades on Naranja. This post I will give an update on how these new things been making my life easier. There’s also a piece of tech that I have forgotten to tell you about that has […]
A Surfing Update and a Relocation to Baleal
The first bottle of gas got empty on Thursday and I decided to go and fill it up right away. And since the filling station is on the way to Baleal, I went there to look at the surf conditions. They did not disappoint! Baleal, sweet Baleal I parked and went straight surfing. Everything was […]