...of Caldas da Rainha, half an hour to the south of Alcobaça:  

Our alter ego, The White Stud , has a new piece out on LustSpiel...it's a bit direct, perhaps, but it's already a big success on FB:...

So we went to Porto de Mos, the nearby town that dominates the Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros , where we shot our Christmas ...

So, now, the Mart Stam cantilever chairs for the dining table arrived:

Cool, folks somebody at QuoteFancy  picked us up, and now you can download their wallpapers with quotes from Michael's work. Here's ...

  The furnace for the fireplace arrived:  And while Michael was putting the flowers in the vase that he bought today---oup...

Ludwig Beethoven was born 250 years ago, supposedly on Dec. 16. We don't know for sure, but he was christened on the 17th, and in those ...

It's Saturday, so we took another break from our acres, and went to Paredes da Vìtoria, 500 years ago an important harbour. The h...

Well, we took a brief break from the hardwood and went for dinner at the storied restaurant Antonio Padeiro , 600 m or so from our abode. Tw...

Remember Wilhelm Tell ? Behold the musket above the sliding doors, a present from our Swiss friend Christine:

"You haven't been particularly creative neology-wise, writes a friend, but now you've created a new one, at least implicitly: S...

The view of Alcobaça from the bedroom, taken with Chang's new iPhone "Pro"  

 

  The living room this morning, with the new dining table, made to order...

 

  One day later, and somebody said, "Let there be light!" Charlie working on the medicine cupboard in the main room, with the hall...

 Remember our post of Nov 15?  Well, we are progressing with our acres:  ...

It's a surfer's paradise with Guiness Book of Records surf. It was fairly quiet today, although the waves still topped four meters o...

Our friend Maud sends this: