donn25
Serial expatAmerican expat in Portugal
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Lives in Pombal, Leiria
Registration: 31 May 2022
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How to keep indoor cats safe when there aren't window screens? by gwalks
The hardest adjustment for us will be the lack of screens on windows. We're used to throwing windows and doors wide open for air because we have screens to keep bugs out and cats in. We have a house now but expect to live in a flat in Portugal, ...
Is the fixed time less than 15 seconds? Edit doesn't work. Read More
How to keep indoor cats safe when there aren't window screens? by gwalks
The hardest adjustment for us will be the lack of screens on windows. We're used to throwing windows and doors wide open for air because we have screens to keep bugs out and cats in. We have a house now but expect to live in a flat in Portugal, ...
OK, let me put that to the test. Read More
How to keep indoor cats safe when there aren't window screens? by gwalks
The hardest adjustment for us will be the lack of screens on windows. We're used to throwing windows and doors wide open for air because we have screens to keep bugs out and cats in. We have a house now but expect to live in a flat in Portugal, ...
(It was a house, though, not an apartment. I'd edit my post, but the Edit option seems to be nonfunctional.) Read More
How to keep indoor cats safe when there aren't window screens? by gwalks
The hardest adjustment for us will be the lack of screens on windows. We're used to throwing windows and doors wide open for air because we have screens to keep bugs out and cats in. We have a house now but expect to live in a flat in Portugal, ...
I remember seeing one on the market years ago, in the Buarcos area adjacent to Figueira da Foz proper, where that area was glazed, which might make a lot of sense in that climate. There was a terrific view out over the sea from that side. Probably ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
You won't be going shopping in a golf cart. If you aren't putting me on - you should pick a likely spot and spend some time visiting.I haven't seen a lot of snakes at all, really, and one of them was actually a lizard ("glass snake" is a legless ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
... and, to be clear, I don't really know what I'm talking about. Been here for a couple years, hardly ever venturing outside my little town. I'm comfortable spouting this nonsense because gwalks is obviously doing her own investigation and making ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
Well, technically, yes, there's one poisonous snake I'm aware of, and I've actually seen one. But you'd kind of have to force it to chew on you, I don't think they're a worry at all.I dug up some maps of mosquito reports, and I get the impression ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
We're in a more extreme area 20-30 km inland. Thin ice on the water in the mornings recently -- but sunny days in the 60s F. I'm down to my t-shirt. We get rain, we get cold, but where I think it hurts here, is indoors. Typical construction uses ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
We were in Seattle - speaking of wet and cold. To be fair, the summers have been very nice in recent years, but a few years back we had a winter stretch where it rained every day for four months. At that time I formed a desire to move to ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
I don't know about 250cc quads, but one sees a fair number of tractors on the road. They're going to rent, though, a year down the road when they're planning to move, so vehicular options might be a little limited. Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
Maybe you'd be the right one to survey the literature, once you get here, and confirm that the ticks you encounter aren't a big disease risk. In my area, that's (excuse me) Rhipicephalus sanguineus.I used to have a big old Moto Guzzi, but it got so ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
Something else occurs to me that we don't often talk about, but ... bugs. Right where I am, we haveface flies, a lot like a housefly but not interested in your food or anything, it wants you. To land on you somewhere. Most of the year, ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
@Santi2 I don't know what to think about this. The same thing from you, over and over -- link to a site about Tomar. It would be nice to have you some time genuinely participate in a conversation, not just pitching your real estate. Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
I've heard some complaints about wind, but not specifically the places you mentioned so far. Lourinhã, could be? It's bound to happen of course, but I've been to Figueira da Foz a couple of times and didn't really notice it. If there were ... Read More
Silver Coast - Suggestions? by gwalks
Hubby and I are coming to explore the region in late May 2025 and intend to move in early spring 2026 (renting initially). The Silver Coast suits us in weather, population, and location --but I want to be sure we consider all our options. Our dream ...
It sounds like you have been doing some fairly good research so far, but we don't know ... for example, everything was pretty close to the sea, until we got to Coimbra, and it might help to know why that pops up. In terms of the physical situation ... Read More