First meal

Moving into and furnishing a new house is a lot more work than I was expecting. Our first meal in our new house was très romantic. We ate sushi (from next door) on the floor. The next day we moved some chairs.

 

Carioca

There's this simple lemon tea you can get in Portugal if you don't feel like coffee or actual tea, called lemon "carioca". Did you know the less white you have on the lemon peel the less bitter it is? A really interesting friend told me this tidbit.

When I used to walk...

This weekend, back before my ankle was sprained :(, I went on a day-long hike with 30 other Lisbon youth group leaders. At least I used to have a youth group... I'm not really sure what happened there.

 

Portugal might have lots of bad things, but at least every inch of it seems to be beautiful and green and on the coast.

Roommate

I am temporarily living in my sister's house, while my new house is being prepared, and I have a new furry roommate. She is the real star of the show and I can't imagine life in this house before her. Inside cats or dogs are so much fun. Koshka ("cat" in Russian...she is a Russian Blue) has a wide range of hobbies: looking out the window and wishing she could catch some pigeons, intently watching people cook, hiding behind the curtain and attacking your feet when they pass by and rolling around and purring loudly for you to pet her when you get home.

Moving

I moved out of the house I've been living at for three years now. Even though I was tired of living there and am very excited about the near future, changes involve this sense of weirdness, discomfort and a lot of work.