Friday 07/03/2025

We woke up in Portugal for the first time. Over here it is an hour earlier than in The Netherlands, so we woke up quite early for us. Bryan helped in the garden with Frank and Megan and Denice did the groceries for a week. We have a Lidl in the Netherlands, but it was a little bit different here, so it was a bit challenging. We did some chores and than the children where coming home, so we drank some lemonade. On this day we let out Jan for the first time since we left. First we let him out on a harness, and Megan had to go after him. After that ‘great’ succes, we chose to let him loose. He wanted to go and discover, but the wind was too strong and he wanted to go inside again, but he chose the window instead of the door. He was hanging out of the window like a cartoon character. The day was pleasant, but the rain was something we did not expect such quantity.

Saturday 08/03/2025

This day we woke op with a lot of rain. So we had some time to clean up and we did the laundry. We couldn’t hang the laundry outside so the camper was filled with clothes. The rest of the day we worked on the Instagram post and started working on the blog. Bryan had a cold so we went to bed early.

Sunday 09/03/2025

We had a horrible night. Jan had sniffed the outside so he decided that he wanted to go in the night as well. So we took it slow in the morning. Megan started on learning Portugese and Bryan was trying to clear his nose. This was the first day that we actually saw the sun, but the wind was still there. Later on the day Megan played Monopoly with the 2 kids and Denice. The whole day Jan was outside and he got home before we went to sleep.

Monday 10/03/2025

We helped Denice and Frank today with the installation of the laminate. First two rows where the most difficult and after that it was going fine. We stopped when the children came home and went back to our camper to learn portugese and work on the blog.

Tuesday 11/03/2025

We continued with the installation of the laminate. Before we knew it, it was time to go get the kids. Megan was going with Denice to go get them en to look at the supermarket in Seia. When the kids where home we played outside, because it was sunny again. We threw the bal and played tennis. In the evening we played chess and went to bed early.

Wednesday 12/03/2025

A day full of tasks. We had to go to the Finanças to get our NIF-number, and we got it. After that we threw away our trash and wanted to go to the supermarket, but the road to it was a bit difficult from the Finanças. We missed our turn and couldn’t find anywhere to turn around. So google maps had a different idea… Not a real road, a little sandy road which maps thought we could take with the camper uphill. So we had to drive backwards… We came across a dutch couple who helped us to the supermarket. Here we can do the laundry and get our groceries at the same time. The whole time Jan was with us and he did not like the road and decided to jump out of the camper onto the parking lot of where we did the groceries… We jumped, but got him inside safely. After that we drove back and hanged the clothes up. In the evening we had a little time for ourselves and went to bed.

Thursday 13/03/2025

A new day to explore the surroundings. We drove to Seia to get a data bundle. We took a little time to look in the shops and found glutenfree bread and cheese, so we where happy. When we where back we worked and enjoyed the sun, Jan enjoyed it as well, so Megan grabbed her camera and took a few pictures. In the evening we watched mario kart and afterwards played it ourselves.