Bem Vindo!

Bom Dia!  Boa Tarde!  Boa Noite!  Greetings! -- depending on the time of day, of course!  I think all three are appropriate as I don't know what time you will be reading this.   Porco, frango e peru são as carnes mais barato no supermercado. Mas o cheiro de peixe ... Olá!*  I need to dust off the old Portugese as Randy has scheduled a lesson for me tomorrow morning.  Oh boy!!!

Yes, our flight arrived in Lisboa last night on time at 11:00 p.m. Our dear friends, O & M greeted us with smiles and a camera in hand!  We greeted, hugged and drove to our new "home" here in Loures.  We unloaded our 4 suitcases (weighing the airline limit) and carried them up a flight of stairs into our apartment - where is an elevator when you need one???  Oh well, the elevator would have been too small and would have 'told ' us we could not all be the elevator at one time with the 4 suitcases anyway.  That will be another story... the elevators here in Europe...  Needless to say, we were grateful to be only one flight up.  The apartment was waiting and ready to be inhabited.  M, of course had food in hand so we wouldn't starve before getting to the store in the morning!?!  We unpacked a few things, took showers and were in bed by midnight.  The next thing I knew, I woke up, looked around, remembered where I was, looked at the clock and was surprised -  we both slept a good 8 hours!  8:00 a.m., how could that be??? We don't sleep in, ever! 

Soon the apartment smelled of fresh brewed coffee... ahhhh!  We rolled up the shades and saw that it had been raining over night.  A beautiful cloudy rainy day in Portugal in a sweet cozy Portuguese home!  We eased into the day with coffee, (did I mention how good it tasted?) a small breakfast of fresh baked bread, butter and jelly around our tiny kitchen table. 

After lunch at our favorite restaurant here in Loures, we went grocery shopping.  Now I thought we were going to have to navigate this adventure by ourselves, but M, who loves to grocery shop and wouldn't pass up the chance to go, went with us.  O came along for the ride... not his favorite thing to do.  We cruised through the isles with grace and ease and of course with the 'system' she knows best.  Randy learned quickly NOT to rush her and to sneak into another isle until it was the 'right time.'  We enjoyed it and always have a few laughs wherever we go.  :)    Oh yes, the sentence in Portuguese above -- *Pork, chicken and turkey are the least expensive meats at the supermarket.  The smell of the fish ... Hello!  I knew you were all needing to know that bit of information. 

The key to our apartment is huge, maybe a bigger purse to carry it!?!  And the tiles on the walls as you enter the apartment are beautiful!  The blue bidet in the bathroom - not so much.  Ahh, the bidet ... so many uses ...  Maybe Randy will demonstrate some of them another time for us.   

Everything needed to survive:  Fresh fruit, coffee, rice, flour, olives, olive oil, sea salt, hot sauce, mini moos (from Smart and Final, two large boxes, the reason for such large suitcases) and flour tortillas from Fresh and Easy.  Can't live too long without tortillas and you cannot buy them here!  Join us for dinner??                  

God is so good and provides all, well, more than we need!  Grateful to be here.